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Name: Suzanne/Sue Sebastopol, CA (Zone 9a) Sunset Zone 15              |
I don't know anything about cactus, spotted this in front of a store, it was just beautiful with the reddish buds and cheerful yellow blooms! Would love to add them to the database if someone can provide a genus.   My gardening Blog! Hand sewn wares, new & vintage fabrics in my Etsy store. Summer Song Cottage Instagram Sewing posts |
Name: Porkpal Richmond, TX            porkpal May 25, 2018 6:51 AM CST |
| It looks like a Prickly Pear or something related to me. Porkpal |
Name: Daisy I Reno, Nv (Zone 6b) Not all who wander are lost   DaisyI May 25, 2018 4:21 PM CST |
| It does look like a prickly pear - it would be good if you stood back and took a photo of more plant. Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and proclaiming...."WOW What a Ride!!" -Mark Frost President: Orchid Society of Northern Nevada Webmaster: osnnv.org |
Name: Porkpal Richmond, TX porkpal May 25, 2018 4:36 PM CST |
| You can already see the little "pears" forming, and those brighter than bright yellow blooms I feel are pretty characteristic. Porkpal |
Name: Lin Vosbury Sebastian, Florida (Zone 10a)         plantladylin May 25, 2018 5:14 PM CST |
| It sure is gorgeous but I don't know a thing about Cacti ... I agree, it does resemble Opuntia. I wonder if @Baja_Costero, who is familiar with a lot of cacti would recognize it? ~ I'm an old gal who still loves playing in the dirt! ~ Playing in the dirt is my therapy ... and I'm in therapy a lot! |
Name: Baja Baja California (Zone 11b)         Baja_Costero May 25, 2018 6:00 PM CST |
| It looks like Opuntia but there are a few lookalike genera that are outside my wheelhouse. |
Name: Suzanne/Sue Sebastopol, CA (Zone 9a) Sunset Zone 15 |
| Thanks all, it does look like Opuntia but if Baja says there may be lookalike, I'll refrain from adding them to the database. Next time I go to that thrift store, I take more pictures.  My gardening Blog! Hand sewn wares, new & vintage fabrics in my Etsy store. Summer Song Cottage Instagram Sewing posts |
Name: Baja Baja California (Zone 11b) Baja_Costero May 25, 2018 8:54 PM CST |
 Check out this recent thread where a Nopalea was discussed. The thread "Help ID spineless variegated prickly pear!" in Cactus and Succulents forum |
Name: Suzanne/Sue Sebastopol, CA (Zone 9a) Sunset Zone 15 |
| Ahhh, yes, adding to the confusion for those not familiar with any of these! My gardening Blog! Hand sewn wares, new & vintage fabrics in my Etsy store. Summer Song Cottage Instagram Sewing posts |
Name: Baja Baja California (Zone 11b) Baja_Costero May 25, 2018 9:28 PM CST |
Yeah, why would they be, really?  Although in all fairness you will not find many Mexicans who are not familiar with the supermarket vegetable form of the prickly pear, and its delicious but seedy fruit, at the least. A prickly pear is after all featured prominently on the national flag.Fun trivia factoid: the genus name Nopalea is related to the Mexican Spanish word for the prickly pear and its edible stems, nopal. But the naming of prickly pears is so not my thing. I consider it a victory to recognize our native species and the one in the supermarket. Some more genus names for prickly pears which were formerly Opuntias. Brasiliopuntia, Consolea, Miqueliopuntia, Nopalea, Opuntia, Tacinga, Tanilla This is just me copying and pasting, not displaying any knowledge I will likely retain. And don't quote me on any of it. |
Name: Daisy I Reno, Nv (Zone 6b) Not all who wander are lost DaisyI May 25, 2018 10:20 PM CST |
| Opuntia and all their relatives are very confusting and often difficult to ID for a couple reasons: 1. They are very promiscuous and hybridize freely 2. Every area has their own version of the same plant because of the variability within species (and freely hybridizing). For instance, Google Opuntia polyacantha, our Western native. Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and proclaiming...."WOW What a Ride!!" -Mark Frost President: Orchid Society of Northern Nevada Webmaster: osnnv.org |
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