Opuntiads of the USA

(by Joe Shaw and Dave Ferguson)

Mission

Opuntia Species

Opuntia Country No. 1
Opuntia Country No. 2
Opuntia Country No. 3
Opuntia Country No. 4
Opuntia Country No. 5

Opuntia Country with
Daiv Freeman

Opuntia County, Big Bend

World Opuntiads

Peru Cactus Trip

Northern Patagonia Cactus Trip

Northern Patagonia Sights

Notes from the Editors

Culture Notes

Literature

Editorial Board

News

WWW Links

Agave Photos

Opuntia macrocentra Engelm. 1856

This taxon is a much-grown and much-enjoyed plant; it is resident in many western gardens of the USA. Read a technical description at the Flora of North America online. O. macrocentra is related to O. azurea.

Read about O. macrocentra in the Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, vol. 8, pg. 292, 1856.

Opuntia macrocentra, cultivated plant, Rio Grande Botanic Garden, Albuqueruqe, NM	Cultivated plants from Chamberino, NM (L), and Alamogordo, NM (R)	Opuntia macrocentra, from Alamogordo, NM
Garden plant, Opuntia macrocentra from Alamogordo, NM	Close-up of plant at left	Close-up of bloom on plant at far left
Opuntia macrocenta flowers	Opuntia macrocentra, cultivated plant from Alamogordo, NM	Closep-up of plant at immediate left
Opuntia macrocentra flower, older flowers can darken	Opuntia macrocentra near Whites City, NM, May, 2006	Close-up of plant at immediate left
Opuntia macrocentra, Dell City, TX, May 2006	Close-up of plant at immediate left, Dell City, TX	Opuntia macrocentra, older flowers can darken, photo by Luc G. Bulot (copyright 2008)
Opuntia macrocentra, near Belen, NM	Opuntia macrocentra, Rodeo, NM, near Arizona border in southern NM	Close-up of plant at left
Opuntia macrocentra, Tierra Grande, NM (near Belen, NM)	Close-up of plant at left	Opuntia macrocentra, Tierra Grande, NM
Opuntia macrocentra, Tierra Grande, NM	Opuntia macrocentra, Tierra Grande, NM	Opuntia macrocentra, Tierra Grande, NM
Opuntia macrocentra	Opuntia macrocentra, Wallace Desert Gardens, Scottsdale, AZ	Close-up of plant at immediate left
Opuntia macrocentra, garden plant, Conroe, TX	Close-up of flower at immediate left	Opuntia macrocentra in Jarillas Mountains, near Oro Grande, NM
Close-up of new cladode immediately above	Close-up of ovary in flower immediately above