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Oct 27, 2011 6:38 PM CST
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Name: Cinda
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I know it is a prickly pear but which one?
Growing here in zone 5
The one I am use to has a pure yellow flower, this one has some orange.
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Oct 27, 2011 6:45 PM CST
Name: Lee Anne Stark
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I like that one!!
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Oct 27, 2011 6:49 PM CST
Name: Lee Anne Stark
Brockville, Ontario, Canada (Zone 5a)
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I'm pretty sure it's this one:

Opuntia macrocentra
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Oct 27, 2011 7:46 PM CST
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Name: Cinda
Indiana Zone 5b
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another photo of lesser quality.


Lee Anne ,
The link picture looks good but the hardiness says zone 8 and this one is growing in 5 ?
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Oct 27, 2011 7:52 PM CST
Name: Lee Anne Stark
Brockville, Ontario, Canada (Zone 5a)
Perpetually happy!
Keeps Goats Forum moderator Frogs and Toads Tip Photographer Keeper of Poultry I helped plan and beta test the plant database.
I was one of the first 300 contributors to the plant database! Critters Allowed Cottage Gardener Charter ATP Member Lover of wildlife (Raccoon badge) Region: Canadian
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Oct 28, 2011 8:40 AM CST
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Name: Cinda
Indiana Zone 5b
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This link shows zone 6 that is possible Smiling
The DG link said zone 8 so I was think not possible here in zone 5

Wow , nice link who knew so many opuntia
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Oct 28, 2011 12:43 PM CST
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Name: Kent Pfeiffer
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Opuntias are often difficult to identify because there is a tremendous amount of variability within each species and most species will freely hybridize with each other (probably one reason why there is so much variability within species), resulting in many intermediate forms.

That said, Opuntia humifusa would be the species you would most likely encounter in Indiana, both in the wild and in cultivation:

http://plants.usda.gov/java/pr...
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