I picked up a 10 year old prickly pear cactus with my bare hands and held it to my body to replant it. I’m still paying for that tragedy till this day. I’m still pulling out glochids from my skin. It has been four and half years since I made that mistake.
Joseph
Kimberly,
They are not for hugging. I’m sorry you got bitten.
joe
pietro
Buongiorno
ottimo lavoro di raccolta…
Volevo chiederle che specie di Opuntia è quella che viene mangiata cotta in Messico. Mi dissero Opuntia messicana, ma non sono sicuro.
grazie
Douglas Mullins
I’m finally getting blooms on the large O lindhimeri, but I basilaris has been blooming for a week.
Some time I will count my total number of species.
Later
WENCESLAU TEIXEIRA
Hy. Do you know do not recognise the specie O. pycnantha? From Baixa Califórnia- México
Igor
Ciao Pietro!
All Opuntias are edible. The most eaten in Mexico is Opuntia ficus-indica. Incidentally, it is also the most common around the Mediterranean, Italy included. Chances are, if you see an Opuntia anywhere in Italy, it is a ficus-indica, the same the Mexicans eat.
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I picked up a 10 year old prickly pear cactus with my bare hands and held it to my body to replant it. I’m still paying for that tragedy till this day. I’m still pulling out glochids from my skin. It has been four and half years since I made that mistake.
Kimberly,
They are not for hugging. I’m sorry you got bitten.
joe
Buongiorno
ottimo lavoro di raccolta…
Volevo chiederle che specie di Opuntia è quella che viene mangiata cotta in Messico. Mi dissero Opuntia messicana, ma non sono sicuro.
grazie
I’m finally getting blooms on the large O lindhimeri, but I basilaris has been blooming for a week.
Some time I will count my total number of species.
Later
Hy. Do you know do not recognise the specie O. pycnantha? From Baixa Califórnia- México
Ciao Pietro!
All Opuntias are edible. The most eaten in Mexico is Opuntia ficus-indica. Incidentally, it is also the most common around the Mediterranean, Italy included. Chances are, if you see an Opuntia anywhere in Italy, it is a ficus-indica, the same the Mexicans eat.