What type of prickly pear is this?
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wanted: spineless prickly pear cactus
Comments (0)There is a prickly pear cactus called Nopalea Grande. This is a nearly spineless cactus. Not sure what other spineless (thornless) types there are out there. I just would like to have a spineless prickly pear cactus for my Grandson. This is a project of his. I want to trade my cactus or succulents for the spineless prickly pear cactus pads. I also have to trade for the spineless prickly pear pads: mullein, daffodills, hen & chicks, garlic or onion bulbs. You can also check my seeds I have to trade. I would like several pads....See MorePrickly Pear fruit
Comments (3)Just like Jeff said, the glochids are traditionally burned off. Cutting them while effective, is *way* too labor intensive to be done on a large scale, but works well enough for just a few fruits. A friend of mine has a really thick pair of leather gloves which she uses to more or less rub all the glochids off. That method has sort of mixed results (the glochids do come off, but usually more than a few end up in her arms), and don't expect to be able to use those gloves for anything else! :-) The seeds are a real hassle when it comes to eating the fruit. Most people end up making a jam or syrup out of the fruit so you can remove all the seeds. If you do this carefully, you can skip the glochid removing step too. Using heavy gloves, you can hold the fruit, slice it in half, and scoop the flesh right into the pot being careful not to get any glochids with the flesh. You just boil the fruit down (no water added) and are left with a thick syrup you can strain the seeds out of. If you ever get the chance, try the fruit of a Carengia gigantea (Saguaro). They are much more flavorful than any Opuntia fruit I've ever tried, and better yet, no glochids!...See Moreanother cactus
Comments (2)Yeppers, that it tis. Opuntia lindheiemri var linguiformis. It is indigenous to the south central Texas area of the Edwards Plateau. There are not many in the wild. I know of one that is naturally there , I THINK. Now some people say it is Opuntia engelmani var linguformis because some do not recognize O. linguiformis to be its own species but part of O englemani family. The guys who think they are in charge of the naming game are dividing up that cluster, so it really matters who you talk to and when they had there last in depth perusal into the science. Me, I know squat. I just read about the hubbub and see all the conflicting info. As it stands most of this family that grows east of the Pecos river is O lindhemeri. Basically this cactus is a subset of O. Lindheimerii and some people say that is a subset of O. englemani. O. lindheimeri is characterized by yellow tannish translucent needles where as the O. englemani ( many variations of that one too) have white opaque mat needles. some are without needles or almost. Then I get lost. Any who opuntia Identification is a hair puller at the best of times. I am not that good at it. When they start counting needles and which way they go in the ariole and how many and what configuration, my head starts to swim. I am still trying to Identify what is on my land. Then if they sprout in the woods they look totally different. I am feeling dizzy just thinking about it. Signing out "Texas" Mara Here is a link that might be useful: Opuntiad of USA site...See MoreWinterizing Prickly Pear (Opuntias)
Comments (9)This is a trunk-forming Yucca (Y. recurvifolia). The trunks are about three feet high and the leaves add maybe another two feet. When it bloomed in 2008, the flower spikes were about four or five feet more. You said your yuccas aren't so big, but it depends on which ones you have. As I recall you have the variegated types of Y. filamentosa, which doesn't form a trunk at all. Those form clumps over time but stay low to the ground. It's nice if you have some of both the low growing ones and the trunked types. There are some that have narrow leaves and others with various colorations in the foliage, so it's possible to have quite a display made up of nothing but yuccas. I personally like to mix their spikiness with softer growing plants too. However you use yuccas, I think they're great plants....See MorePhoenix Rising (Zone 7a/b, NJ)
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3 years agolast modified: 3 years agoActually, many (if not most) plants will start turning their leaves reddish/purplish in response to cold weather. This is because as Winter approaches, many stop producing chlorophyll in preparation for dormancy (allowing other Fall colors to show through). This also makes their leaves more vulnerable to photo-oxidation though, and so the plants will often produce anthocyanins as a substitute sunscreen.
For example, here is a Hummingbird Bush as freezes started hitting:
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