To me, this plant more closely resembles Opuntia phaeacantha, but it is hard to tell. The plant has the deepest purple I've ever seen fo...Read Morer an opuntia, especially so in winter. The flowers are a brilliant dark pink color and appear in late spring. It seems to be rather hard to find, even in specialty cactus nurseries. Easily propagated through pad cuttings.
I purchased a pad of this cactus from Cold Hardy Cactus in Colorado. It has very dark purple pads in winter, the color of grape koolaid, ...Read Morewith contrasting white spines. The new pad growth is magenta. It has not bloomed yet but the parent plant has pink blooms. An interesting polyacantha.
Long white spines on purple medium sized pads. Low growing and sprawling to about 4 feet wide. The flowers are a brilliant deep pink in June.
To me, this plant more closely resembles Opuntia phaeacantha, but it is hard to tell. The plant has the deepest purple I've ever seen fo...Read More
I purchased a pad of this cactus from Cold Hardy Cactus in Colorado. It has very dark purple pads in winter, the color of grape koolaid, ...Read More