Baby Rita Prickly Pear 'Baby Rita' (Opuntia santa-rita x basilaris)

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Kell San Leandro, CA(Zone 9b) Jan 02, 2012

Baby Rita Prickly Pear 'Baby Rita'
Opuntia santa-rita x basilaris

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Xenomorf Phoenix, AZ(Zone 9b) Jan 03, 2012

Kell,
There is strong evidence that there is a mix-up with the parentage of these photos of "Baby Rita" you have posted.
Because neither O. santa-rita or O. basilaris have long spines like these pictured. Also, the pads would be much larger.
I don't recognize this hybrid either.
The hybrid could contain some O. gosseliniana which has spines. (which is very often confused as being O. santa-rita)
Or some O. macrocentra (which also has long spines and is purplish in color)
But as far as what the other parent(s) are, who knows?.

O. santa-rita
http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/showimage/217504/

O. basilaris
http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/go/59284/

O. macrocentra
http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/go/64113/

O. gosseliniana var. duranzilla
http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/showimage/39355/

How did you arrive at the cultivar name , and also the grex name (parentage)?

Xeno.

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DMersh Perth, United Kingdom(Zone 7b) Jan 03, 2012

If it was O basilaris maybe it was the 'brachyclada' variety which has dwarf pads.

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Kell San Leandro, CA(Zone 9b) Jan 03, 2012

Hi Xeno! I didn't get to sending out my cards this year so Happy New Year! Hope you have a GREAT one!


The plant tag had the cultivar name. When I searched for it in PFs up came this entry already in. I figured there was only one Baby Rita. I do not know who made the entry of this plant into PlantFiles to know where they got the full name.


These pads are very small.

Here is the tag.

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Kell San Leandro, CA(Zone 9b) Jan 03, 2012

Oh look. Daylily Hill Nursery in Bonsall, California says it is their hybrid. They call it Opuntia basilaris hyb. 'Baby Rita"

http://www.daylilyhill.com/old_Site/subsublevel.php?id=249&lid=13 Their pic has the long spines too.

Monrovia is selling it too.
http://www.monrovia.com/plant-catalog/plants/2984/baby-rita-prickly-pear.php

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Xenomorf Phoenix, AZ(Zone 9b) Jan 03, 2012

OK, The small pads could have come from the 'brachyclada' variety. But I suspect the spines came from O. gosseliniana var. duranzilla, seeing as how O. gosseliniana' is very often confused with O. santa-rita.
Either way, I will see about getting the grex name removed, seeing as how neither one of those sites that Kell listed give a full grex name. They just say "O. basilaris hybrid."

Oh, and Happy New Year to you too.

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Kell San Leandro, CA(Zone 9b) Jan 03, 2012

Thank you, Xeno!

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