Comments on: Opuntia Web https://www.opuntiads.com ...glochids are forever Mon, 14 Jul 2025 16:33:14 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9 By: Joseph https://www.opuntiads.com/welcome/#comment-11751 Mon, 26 Aug 2024 22:43:17 +0000 http://opuntiads.com?page_id=2394#comment-11751 In reply to Juan.

HI,

Try Opuntia ficus indica.

Joe

]]> By: Juan https://www.opuntiads.com/welcome/#comment-8588 Sun, 19 May 2024 08:37:06 +0000 http://opuntiads.com?page_id=2394#comment-8588 Hello,
I am looking for the best cactus that produces the largest and juiciest prickly pears. TIA

]]> By: Barry https://www.opuntiads.com/welcome/#comment-8421 Thu, 25 Apr 2024 19:47:17 +0000 http://opuntiads.com?page_id=2394#comment-8421 So I’m in great need of identification help if my Opuntia as was wondering if there’s a way to send pictures for you to confirm I’ve been given everything from opuntia lindheimeri to Opuntia robusta but I believe from my research that it’s Opuntia bentonii blue green pads 1-3 yellowish orange spines but mainly 1 spine per glochid the plant is staying at 58 cm currently so it fits bentonii I think the veins are visible but I’d love a much more educated professional in this field to help confirm or point me in the right direction

]]> By: Joseph https://www.opuntiads.com/welcome/#comment-8117 Mon, 05 Feb 2024 13:50:39 +0000 http://opuntiads.com?page_id=2394#comment-8117 In reply to Joseph.

Barry,

Please send photos. I’ll try to help you ID the plant.
Closeup of pads, and shots far enough away to show the whole plant.
Flowers would be helpful
Also, where did it come from.
Pics of the pads you are trying to root would be helpful, close-ups.

Joe

]]> By: Joseph https://www.opuntiads.com/welcome/#comment-8033 Sun, 14 Jan 2024 14:44:36 +0000 http://opuntiads.com?page_id=2394#comment-8033 In reply to Barry Ferguson.

Hi,

Please email pictures to jshaw@opuntiads.com. We will do our best.

]]> By: Barry Ferguson https://www.opuntiads.com/welcome/#comment-7649 Tue, 12 Dec 2023 16:00:53 +0000 http://opuntiads.com?page_id=2394#comment-7649 I’ve spent hours searching for my cactus species closest I’ve come is it’s related to brittle prickly pear can I email pictures to be identified please

]]> By: ri https://www.opuntiads.com/welcome/#comment-6957 Thu, 19 Oct 2023 06:35:15 +0000 http://opuntiads.com?page_id=2394#comment-6957 i’ve grown hardy opuntia in zone 5 for 25 years without any problems, until now . the problem is creeping charlie weed grew all through cactus patch while i had covid for two weeks total exhaustion , anyway , that weed is getting tall enough now to block sunlight to cacti . i cant come up with a technique to avoid spines and glochids from all the cactus plants amongst all this creeping charlie . been plucking weed leaves off to allow sunlight in but i am considering digging up cactus patch and replanting them after sifting out weeds .
my question is , in mid october zone 5 will that harm cacti or prevent them coming through winter to spring ?

]]> By: Joseph https://www.opuntiads.com/welcome/#comment-6638 Sat, 26 Aug 2023 12:47:52 +0000 http://opuntiads.com?page_id=2394#comment-6638 In reply to Rafael Mojica.

Hi,

You might try O. cespitosa, O humifusa, or O polyacantha.

Joe

]]> By: Rafael Mojica https://www.opuntiads.com/welcome/#comment-6618 Sat, 26 Aug 2023 04:29:38 +0000 http://opuntiads.com?page_id=2394#comment-6618 I need information on what is the best kind of opuntia for the climate conditions in southern Michigan.

]]> By: Joseph https://www.opuntiads.com/welcome/#comment-6561 Mon, 14 Aug 2023 19:45:07 +0000 http://opuntiads.com?page_id=2394#comment-6561 In reply to Bob Stewart.

Bob,

I have not run across the name in a legitimate publication.

Joe

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