Opuntia Species, Prickly Pear Cactus, Nopal de San Gabriel, Velvet Opuntia, Wooly Joint Prickly Pear

I grow this plant in Crystal River Florida. Realy cool plant. It can be glochidless then start producing glochids out of nowhere. Survive...Read Mores frost very well into the teens. This plant can not be kept wet. This plant will rot before any other opuntia. Must have super well drained soil. Even established plants in Florida can rot during heavy rain seasons. Pads are velvety and are very heavy in weight. Excess rain can also make heavy pads fall off.

This Opuntia has a velvety feel of the epidermis on the newer pads. The flowers are yellowish-orange to red. I just recieved a couple of ...Read Moregood stem segments of this and am looking forward to growing this. Natural distribution in Mexico and Guatemala.

Native of Southern California... can grow into a tree cactus and take up a lot of room. No info on cold hardiness, but suspect can take ...Read Morea lot of frost.