Saturday, October 16, 2010

Beautiful Opuntia cochenillifera!

I just picked up about 100 lbs of Opuntia cochenillifera.  Thank goodness it's spineless, because I think the flowers are spectacular.  I especially love how the flower buds start from green, to a bright yellow and then eventually to reddish orange flowers.  Maybe they should call it the 'Stoplight Cholla'. 
Cuttings available by the flat-rate boxfull. $19.99  Will have rooted plants available  Dec 2010. 
Makes EXCELLENT turtle or tortoise food. 

Here I am again: October 2010, The Opuntia cochenillifera is directly behind me (photo below) with these giant bouquets of pups and flowers (shown above).  To the right and left are Opuntia ficus-inda, Prickly Pear cactus.


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