In my experience the largest and most impressive species out of the 9 that make up this Opuntia related genus. Found mostly in Cuba and b...Read Moreecoming increasingly endangered. Extremely rare in cultivation. I have 2 and nobody else I know has any. Quickly distinguishable from Opuntia by its very unusual growth habit. The pads on young seedlings continue to grow longer and become round, columnar and trunk-like, eventually forms a very tall tree with a crown of branching pads best described as looking like an Opuntia mated with a palm tree! Amazing beautiful one of a kind cactus.
In my experience the largest and most impressive species out of the 9 that make up this Opuntia related genus. Found mostly in Cuba and b...Read More