Wild Opuntia

Murph · Post by **Murph** » Sat Nov 26, 2005 9:36 am

I dug these up from the side of the road a few days ago - there are very large specimens growing everywhere which are in flower at the moment, but i was satisfied with just taking these young plants. Does anyone know what sort of Opuntia these are?

templegatejohn · Post by **templegatejohn** » Sat Nov 26, 2005 10:15 am

This could be one for Bill. One or two varieties of prickly pear were introduced to Australia many years ago and this could be a distant cousin of them. My guess would be Ficus indica, or maybe Santa Rita, but I am afraid it is a guess.

John