Meangreen94z Posted February 21, 2022 Report Share Posted February 21, 2022 San Angelo, Texas 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meangreen94z Posted February 21, 2022 Report Share Posted February 21, 2022 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teddytn Posted February 22, 2022 Author Report Share Posted February 22, 2022 @Meangreen94z that sunset opuntia shot!!! Even showing some winter stress down there? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meangreen94z Posted February 22, 2022 Report Share Posted February 22, 2022 10 hours ago, teddytn said: @Meangreen94z that sunset opuntia shot!!! Even showing some winter stress down there? San Angelo has probably seen mid teens atleast this year. February 2021 it got down to -1°F(-18.3°C) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meangreen94z Posted March 7, 2022 Report Share Posted March 7, 2022 Opuntia orbiculata showing winter color. 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aztropic Posted March 10, 2022 Report Share Posted March 10, 2022 Ever see Opuntia robusta? Each pad is 2 ft wide - a truly giant prickly pear. aztropic Mesa, Arizona 4 2 Mesa, Arizona Temps between 29F and 115F each year Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meangreen94z Posted March 11, 2022 Report Share Posted March 11, 2022 On 3/9/2022 at 8:41 PM, aztropic said: Ever see Opuntia robusta? Each pad is 2 ft wide - a truly giant prickly pear. aztropic Mesa, Arizona I had one, I thought I had moved it in during our 2021 freeze but it seems to have disappeared. They aren’t extremely hardy unfortunately. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xerarch Posted March 11, 2022 Report Share Posted March 11, 2022 Geez that Opuntia robusta needs a bigger pot, that’s huge! 1 Corpus Christi, TX, near salt water, zone 9b/10a! Except when it isn't and everything gets nuked back to the stone age of zone 8. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teddytn Posted March 19, 2022 Author Report Share Posted March 19, 2022 Supposed to hold some purple in the pads year round, fluorescent pink flowers. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meangreen94z Posted March 21, 2022 Report Share Posted March 21, 2022 Junction, Texas area 3 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teddytn Posted March 23, 2022 Author Report Share Posted March 23, 2022 On 3/21/2022 at 11:39 AM, Meangreen94z said: That’s a pretty nice patch of linguiformis! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom in Tucson Posted March 24, 2022 Report Share Posted March 24, 2022 In some areas around here the Opuntia engelmannii v. linguiformis have become a feral pest. Many of these areas are so dense with this species they are worse than cholla thickets (mainly Cylindropuntia fulgida) and have pushed out the native prickly pears. This area in Texas looks much more tame. Another similar feral pest here, but not as bad is Opuntia microdasys v. rufida. Hi 79˚, Lo 54˚ 1 1 Tom Birt - Casas Adobes - NW of Tucson since July 2014 formerly in the San Carlos region of San Diego Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teddytn Posted March 26, 2022 Author Report Share Posted March 26, 2022 Some different ones opuntia green emeraldopuntia gomei big opuntia microdasysone for @Silas_Sancona opuntia sulphurea 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silas_Sancona Posted March 26, 2022 Report Share Posted March 26, 2022 12 minutes ago, teddytn said: Opuntia sulphurea Is that $25.00 ..or $75.00 on the pot.. ( Hopefully $25, lol ) 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teddytn Posted March 26, 2022 Author Report Share Posted March 26, 2022 22 minutes ago, Silas_Sancona said: Is that $25.00 ..or $75.00 on the pot.. ( Hopefully $25, lol ) $75 for 7” clay pot….definitely gonna sit there for a while lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oasis371 Posted March 27, 2022 Report Share Posted March 27, 2022 Opuntia and all the tropical cacti are my favorites. For the Opuntia, I prefer the ones without long spines, those little prickles are bad enough. Those below are in pots, 'cause there ain't any more room on the GROUND! 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meangreen94z Posted March 28, 2022 Report Share Posted March 28, 2022 Burnet and Kingsland, Texas area 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darold Petty Posted March 28, 2022 Report Share Posted March 28, 2022 Can you tell us something about the stone building ? Thanks San Francisco, California Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meangreen94z Posted March 28, 2022 Report Share Posted March 28, 2022 5 minutes ago, Darold Petty said: Can you tell us something about the stone building ? Thanks Sure. It was built by the CCC using limestone and other rock from the immediate area. Some of it was rock that they cleared from the cavern in the process of creating Longhorn Cavern State Park. Here are a few more pictures of their work and the cavern. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darold Petty Posted March 28, 2022 Report Share Posted March 28, 2022 Many Thanks ! 1 San Francisco, California Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xerarch Posted April 21, 2022 Report Share Posted April 21, 2022 The local native Opuntia, on the shore of Oso bay. 5 1 Corpus Christi, TX, near salt water, zone 9b/10a! Except when it isn't and everything gets nuked back to the stone age of zone 8. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teddytn Posted May 30, 2022 Author Report Share Posted May 30, 2022 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meangreen94z Posted May 31, 2022 Report Share Posted May 31, 2022 I thought I had updated this thread, guess not. Opuntia spinosibacca in West Texas 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meangreen94z Posted May 31, 2022 Report Share Posted May 31, 2022 Opuntia Strigil in West Texas 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meangreen94z Posted May 31, 2022 Report Share Posted May 31, 2022 Opuntia atrispina north of Langtry, Texas 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meangreen94z Posted May 31, 2022 Report Share Posted May 31, 2022 Opuntia Azurea in West Texas 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meangreen94z Posted May 31, 2022 Report Share Posted May 31, 2022 Possibly a variation of Opuntia aciculata with spines. Growing in the wild near Comstock, Texas , about 200 miles north of their known range near Laredo. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teddytn Posted May 31, 2022 Author Report Share Posted May 31, 2022 @Meangreen94z I’m grateful I get to see all these pics, thank you for posting them for all of us to see!!!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teddytn Posted June 3, 2022 Author Report Share Posted June 3, 2022 Some padded goodies I saw at my favorite nursery yesterday. cylindropuntia imbricata, common but good sizecylindropuntia arbuscula, was tempted to snag this one. Not sure if it will make it long term, everything I could find on the interwebs say zone 8 minimumopuntia macrocentraopuntia strigil, bought this one 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teddytn Posted June 4, 2022 Author Report Share Posted June 4, 2022 Went back to the nursery today because well I’m obsessed Missed a few yesterday. opuntia? varigata, looked completely spineless and at least mostly glochidlessopuntia camanchica, def. New one to meOpuntia macrocentra, whole reason I went back, bought this one. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amh Posted June 4, 2022 Report Share Posted June 4, 2022 @teddytn A word of advice, do not grow Cylindropuntia kleiniae or Cylindropuntia leptocaulis. You will be removing glochids in perpetuity. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teddytn Posted June 4, 2022 Author Report Share Posted June 4, 2022 7 hours ago, amh said: @teddytn A word of advice, do not grow Cylindropuntia kleiniae or Cylindropuntia leptocaulis. You will be removing glochids in perpetuity. Too late, some dumbass keeps planting everything he can get his hands on, I’ll have a word with him later… 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meangreen94z Posted October 16, 2022 Report Share Posted October 16, 2022 Opuntia seen near Big Spring and Tarzan, Texas 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meangreen94z Posted October 16, 2022 Report Share Posted October 16, 2022 An Opuntis seen growing around Carlsbad, NM including naturally south of the town 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meangreen94z Posted October 16, 2022 Report Share Posted October 16, 2022 Opuntia polyacantha growing in Salt Dunes Basin portion of Guadalupe National Park 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meangreen94z Posted October 16, 2022 Report Share Posted October 16, 2022 Various Opuntia growing within the Dog Canyon portion of Guadalupe Mountains National Park 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meangreen94z Posted October 16, 2022 Report Share Posted October 16, 2022 Various forms of Opuntia macrocentra growing north of Dell City, Texas 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hortulanus Posted January 25 Report Share Posted January 25 I'm currently growing O. ficus-indica and O. robusta from seed to try them outside. I have another Opuntia planted out in the garden but idk what kind it is. Can somebody identify? To me they are often very hard to tell apart. 1 2023 High 19.5°C Low -3.9°C Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom in Tucson Posted January 25 Report Share Posted January 25 They look like a form of Opuntia macrorhiza Hi 54˚, Lo 28˚ 1 Tom Birt - Casas Adobes - NW of Tucson since July 2014 formerly in the San Carlos region of San Diego Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hortulanus Posted January 25 Report Share Posted January 25 21 hours ago, Tom in Tucson said: They look like a form of Opuntia macrorhiza Hi 54˚, Lo 28˚ Thanks! I just googled it and you're probably right. 2023 High 19.5°C Low -3.9°C Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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