Hello to all!

I am mortified by Opuntia of any sort. Somehow, if I just look at them, I end up with prickly spines on my fingers and hands!

Please help me ID this seed grown Opuntia?? It is a few months short of a year old and is in a 3" pot. When I repotted it, it had white hairs at the base right above the roots ... most of that went underground.

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These are Opuntia microdaysis and Opuntia m. forma contorta. Glochids are yellow on both, darker on the contorta. The contorta doesn't look as healthy as the other even though they are in the same pot, receiving the same treatment.

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This one looks similar to the Opuntia microdaysis, except it appears cleaner with white glochids. I'm not sure what Opuntia it is.

Maria Elena