I think Pereskia aculeata (the regular green leaf kind, not var. godseffiana) grows much faster than any other species in the cactus family in any way you want to measure it, given the right conditions (hot and humid and lots of water). In South Florida, this one grow from an unrooted 6" stick ...

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I wouldn't plant Kalanchoe in my outdoor garden, at least not the species that invade everything if there is anything else

Ossy96, yes it was from a plant in my yard. Nino_G, thanks for that, I couldn’t find any mention of the edibility beforehand. It’s possible it wasn’t ripe, it did fall off the plant naturally before I tried eating it, not sure if some plants fruits don’t get ripe until after they fall off. I doubt I...

Just want to say - don’t try to eat a cactus fruit because you think all fleshy cactus fruit are technically edible, I’m not sure if that’s true. Both me and my spouse tried a very small part of a Rhodocactus grandifolius fruit and both got a very uncomfortable tightening of the throat and nausea ju...

The meaning of the name is interesting, never looked it up. That does seem to fit, subinermis does seem to have shorter spines in general, that's what got me wondering in the first place. According to the Britton & Rose it can be completely absent of spines, though I have not seen that in the in...

Hi, I am the commentator on the OP's video - I've done a bit more research on this niche cactus nerd topic since then :lol: I am became interested in the topic because I have a cactus similar to the OP in my yard, and for a while I thought it was A. tetragonus as well as it is sometimes labeled as t...