opuntia? what is the exact name?

NoamS · Post by **NoamS** » Mon Nov 23, 2020 3:19 pm

Hi
opuntia? what is the exact name?
thanks

Steve-0 · Post by **Steve-0** » Mon Nov 23, 2020 3:47 pm

Might be...Opuntia fragilis var. denuda. Brittle Prickly pear, potato cactus. Rookie guess.

Post by **DaveW** » Mon Nov 23, 2020 4:04 pm

Is that the whole plant? A full picture of it would help since from the hollows in the top they look like fruit. Do all the "stems" have the same hollow in the top? Some cacti like the Chain Cholla grow flowers repeatedly on the end of the previous seasons fruits and the fruits do not drop off. However these fruit clumps can often be taken off and rooted as a pot plant.

Note the big mass of fruit on fruit in the the following pictures. Clicking on the pictures enlarges them.

http://cannundrum.blogspot.com/2017/06/ ... owers.html

Steve-0 · Post by **Steve-0** » Mon Nov 23, 2020 4:12 pm

Yeah...it sure looks more like Chain Cholla fruit than what I guessed at.

Rogerse · Post by **Rogerse** » Mon Nov 23, 2020 7:36 pm

Steve-0 wrote: ↑Mon Nov 23, 2020 4:12 pm Yeah...it sure looks more like Chain Cholla fruit than what I guessed at.

that was my first thought as well!

NoamS · Post by **NoamS** » Mon Nov 23, 2020 9:52 pm

yes this is the entire plant
so you said they are all fruits that rooted?
they will grow the original plant at the top?!?
thanks

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