Please help me with this Texas cactus.....

jwpacer31 · Post by **jwpacer31** » Fri Apr 01, 2005 3:13 am

I'm doing a plant collection for systematic botany. I collected this off a large cactus today and I can't seem to Identify it. Here's a link to a picture I took of it. http://www.geocities.com/jwpacer13/cactus.html

If you figure it out, please email me at JWPacer31@aol.com. I have AOL instant messanger too so you can IM me if I'm online. Thank you all so much.

Jay Whaley

Post by **daiv** » Fri Apr 01, 2005 8:21 pm

Hi Jay,
I am going to have to go with Cylindropuntia tunicata (I haven't got any images of that one on CactiGuide.com) as the most likely candidate. There is a possibility that it is C. imbricata, but I don't think this is correct because the ribs on C. imbricata are more tuberculate than yours are. See if you can find some other images out there of C. tunicata and compare them with your plant.

Daiv

Post by **daiv** » Fri Apr 01, 2005 8:24 pm

Man, I almost forgot!
Kari has put some work into the Cacti of Texas specifically check it out here:

http://www.angelfire.com/tx4/scorpiones ... _texas.htm

kari · Post by **kari** » Sat Apr 02, 2005 11:30 pm

Thanks, Daiv, for the heads up!

It is the obiquitous and omnipresent Cylindropuntia imbricata, at least, as far as I can tell! The spines are not as numerous or large as one might expect, but the fruits definitely fit the bill.

JW: if you happen to see one in bloom, rich purple, have a taste of the petals! Very sweet!

Kari

Allen Duncan · Post by **Allen Duncan** » Tue Apr 05, 2005 1:13 pm

Hi Jay! Until I can get out in my Chihuahuan Desert Garden, I'm going to agree with Kari...Cylindropuntia imbricata. Will study it and let you know in a few days. Allen

ihc6480 · Post by **ihc6480** » Sat Apr 09, 2005 11:36 pm

Well I guess I'll go along with the majority since it looks like the Cylindropuntia imbricata I have growing in my frontyard

Later
Bill