Opuntia macrorhiza in Caprock Canyons State Park, Texas . Pictures from Spring 2009.

Opuntia rufida in the Chinati Mountains of Texas .

Opuntia azurea in Big Bend National Park and 1 from the Davis Mountains. Mostly variation diplopurpurea but a few var. parva.

Davis Mountains

Big Bend:

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Cylindropuntia imbricata through out different points of West Texas.

Ice in Central Texas today

 

On 1/8/2022 at 8:29 PM, teddytn said:

4 new ones I got for Christmas! Someone mentioned all opuntias look the same…hmm lol, look pretty different to me lol.Can’t wait to get these planted and see what they do

 

That citrus punch made it as well, not much growth. I’ll update that a different time. Here’s that garnet glow, hybrid of basilaris. The pads are so small! Definitely a dwarf 

On 1/16/2022 at 11:16 AM, teddytn said:

Excited to get this one planted. Big specimens are gorgeous. Cylindropuntia whipplei ‘snow leopard’

A lot growth happening on this one. Super happy with color on dark knight, looking like it’s going to stay in the smaller padded side as well. 

This is the main purpose is started working on that gravel slope above the pergola in the other post. Finally got some opuntias planted. 
 

I dug that dwarf opuntia on the bottom left out of the yucca rostrata bed and replanted here where it’s meant to be. Surprised I got most of it in one piece. 
 

center is opuntia strigil

bottom right opuntia Santa Rita 

upper right opuntia camanchica

middle left spineless opuntia elisiana 

top left opuntia macrocentra. 
 

I still have a few more to plant. Tried to give enough space for things to spread out. I need to get more gravel and finish up towards the top/ tie in with the gravel berm up there. Most definitely get some bigger size bags of river rocks and then mix in more even bigger rocks I’ve dug up around the yard with that darker red clay color. Have more work to do, decent enough start worth sharing. Planning on filling in between cactus with smaller succulents. Should be pretty slick when it’s done and grows in. 

Edited April 22, 20233 yr by teddytn