Honorary small Opuntia
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Honorary small Opuntia
Always like the intense yellowness of these flowers.
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Re: Honorary small Opuntia
I think my O. pycnantha is coming into bud
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Re: Honorary small Opuntia
Mike P » Tue Jun 21, 2022 9:19 pm
Annoyingly mine isn’t this year.
Sorry Mike I thought that was your pycnantha, so I take it that is O. aciculata then.
Annoyingly mine isn’t this year.
Sorry Mike I thought that was your pycnantha, so I take it that is O. aciculata then.
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Re: Honorary small Opuntia
Yes, indeed, this is my favourite 'non-small' opuntia, so definitely an honorary member of the club.
For me, the buds usually come on the pads which appeared the previous year, so from today's photo below I have seven flowers to look forward to in the coming days/weeks:
Note how the buds appear red (from the outer petals) until they open to reveal the yellow!
And, remember, if you remove the 'fruits' soon after, before they have dried up too much, then you can root them down to produce new segments to, again, remove and root down.
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Re: Honorary small Opuntia
by Mike P » Wed Jun 22, 2022 6:52 am
Image above was two years ago.
ooops
Image above was two years ago.
ooops
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Re: Honorary small Opuntia
by Tony R » Thu Jun 23, 2022 3:49 pm
And, remember, if you remove the 'fruits' soon after, before they have dried up too much, then you can root them down to produce new segments to, again, remove and root down.
I did not know you could do that with pycnantha I have done that with O. pachypus ( Austrocylindro. )
And, remember, if you remove the 'fruits' soon after, before they have dried up too much, then you can root them down to produce new segments to, again, remove and root down.
I did not know you could do that with pycnantha I have done that with O. pachypus ( Austrocylindro. )
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Re: Honorary small Opuntia
Just the first flower opening today ....
Couldn't see inside the flower as my step-up stool was not around!
Couldn't see inside the flower as my step-up stool was not around!
Tony Roberts
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Re: Honorary small Opuntia
So, this afternoon, I moved the plant onto the floor to see the flower(s) better:
Tony Roberts
Treasurer, Haworthia Society
Chairman, Tephrocactus Study Group
Moderator, BCSS Forum
Kent
(Gasteria, Mammillaria, small Opuntia, Cleistocactus and Sempervivum are my current special interests)
Treasurer, Haworthia Society
Chairman, Tephrocactus Study Group
Moderator, BCSS Forum
Kent
(Gasteria, Mammillaria, small Opuntia, Cleistocactus and Sempervivum are my current special interests)