Roman Cacti
Roman Cacti
One of my friends recently went to Rome for a J-term class and thought I'd enjoy this picture of some lovely Opuntia growing near an ancient aqueduct outside of Rome. She was right. So I thought you guys might enjoy seeing some cacti having a Roman holiday! Too bad I'm sure they're a horrible invasive. She did say they were at least spineless!
Yeah, I'll bet most tourists don't realize they don't belong there. Probably O. ficus-indica.
It would have been fun to see how the Romans would have incorporated the cactus into their architecture had it grown there. I guess we see some of that in the structures built in Mexico by native peoples there.
It would have been fun to see how the Romans would have incorporated the cactus into their architecture had it grown there. I guess we see some of that in the structures built in Mexico by native peoples there.
All Cacti are succulents, but not all succulents are Cacti