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0 0 Prickly pear cactus

Prickly pear cactus

by JessicaOkatyFlorida, USA

Edible

1 1 Pear Cactus

Pear Cactus

by StanleyTakaroBig Bear Lake, California, USA

edible

0 0 Prickly Pear

Prickly Pear

by ddrvs54Delaware, USA

Edible

0 0 Prickly Pear Cactus

Prickly Pear Cactus

by olu.stephaniewardlawOrange, California, USA

Edible

1 1 Walking Stick Cactus

Walking Stick Cactus

by Fosters3La Junta, Colorado, USA

Walking Stick Cactus: Cylindropuntia ...

0 0 Barrel cactus

Barrel cactus

by LuisStevensSan Luis Potosí, San Luis Potosí, Mexico

The flower buds of these barrel cactus are ...

0 0 Mission Cactus

Mission Cactus

by KatKilouekaAvalon, California, USA

0 0 Cactus Prickly Pear "Opuntia"

Cactus Prickly Pear "Opuntia"

by pilotpulleySan Diego, California, USA

Cactus pear or opuntia is very delicious ...

2 1 Chin Cactus

Chin Cactus

by SeemaOrange, California, USA

A fascinating array of colorful cacti pears They are

0 0 Garambullo

Garambullo

by XimenaFernandezQuerétaro, Querétaro, Mexico

Cactus with little black

1 5 Pricklypear

Pricklypear

by ceherzogSarasota, Florida, USA

Rather small native cactus...produces an ...

3 2 Rose Cactus

Rose Cactus

by CindyBinghamKeiserEscondido, California, USA

This is actually a cactus and is one of a ...

0 1 Prickly Pear Cactus

Prickly Pear Cactus

by RyanRoeberPennsylvania, USA

Small pad Cacti, forms an edible fruit.

2 3 Giant Club Cactus

Giant Club Cactus

by CindyBinghamKeiserEscondido, California, USA

Tall bluish cactus with large pale ...

0 2 Nopales or Prickly Pear Cactus

Nopales or Prickly Pear Cactus

by LaurenZarateChiapas, Mexico

others are white. This cactus in ...

2 0 saguaro cactus

saguaro cactus

by jescalantePhoenix, Arizona, USA

Tall cactus with horizontal branches (that ...

0 1 Prickly Pear

Prickly Pear

by adenlbArizona, USA

Cactus, 1-2 ft tall, small 2 by 1 in. rose ...

0 0 Fico d'India - prickly pear cactus

Fico d'India - prickly pear cactus

by Bruce WeiskottenForte Dei Marmi, Toscana, Italy

These prickly pear cactus are ripening ...

1 0 Prickly Pear Cactus

Prickly Pear Cactus

by joanbstanleyTemple, Texas, USA

Wine red fruit on cactus.

4 0 plains pricklypear

plains pricklypear

by DerrickLKIdaho, USA

Found this blooming pricklypear a few miles north of Goose Creek Reservoir, ...

1 2 Prickly Pear Cactus

Prickly Pear Cactus

by gatorfellowsTemple, Texas, USA

This Prickly Pear has the fruit arranged in an attractive fan along the edge of ...

1 0 Pincushion cactus

Pincushion cactus

by YlcatTucson, Arizona, USA

This little unnoticable cactus has ...

0 0 Mammillaria cactus

Mammillaria cactus

by LuisStevensSan Luis Potosí, San Luis Potosí, Mexico

The genus Mammillaria is one of the largest in the

0 0 Prickly Pear Cactus

Prickly Pear Cactus

by ChicquitaRajawaliNew South Wales, Australia

northern NSW and central Queensland in the early 1900s. This

0 2 plains pricklypear

plains pricklypear

by dw33zyIdaho, USA

Plains pricklypear cactus with something ...

1 0 Prickly Pear Cactus

Prickly Pear Cactus

by mary.gallo.mBaltimore, Maryland, USA

This flowering prickly pear cactus resides ...

1 0 Prickly Pear Cactus

Prickly Pear Cactus

by misako.hillArizona

Like all true cactus species, prickly pears ...

1 0 Cactus Pear

Cactus Pear

by Nicholas4Pennsylvania, USA

The fruit is edible and very nutritious but ...

0 0 Glass wort

Glass wort

by skyismyheroHalifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

Edible plant looks similar to cacti (no ...

0 0 Prickly Pear

Prickly Pear

by LuisStevensOjuelos, Aguascalientes, Mexico

Not all Prickly pear cactus are the same. ...

1 0 Prickly Pear

Prickly Pear

by KarenPuracanFlorida, USA

Low- growing cactus, with fleshy ...

0 0 Rose cactus

Rose cactus

by Olivia CheeSingapore, Singapore

The first two pictures were taken in the morning, and the third, 3 hours later ...

2 0 Fig Opuntia

Fig Opuntia

by Marta RubioTexeiraMorro Bay, California, USA

Opuntia ficus-indica is a species of cactus ...

0 0 Prickly Pear Cactus

Prickly Pear Cactus

by joanbstanleyDenton, Texas, USA

This cactus was low growing with a rather ...

0 0 Prickly Pear bloom

Prickly Pear bloom

by joanbstanleyTexas, USA

Yellow blossom.

0 0 Barbary Fig

Barbary Fig

by Noah CitizenThiès, Senegal

Large cactus (3-5m high), organized in ...

0 0 Barrel Cactus

Barrel Cactus

by joanbstanleyTucson, Arizona, USA

The fishhook barrel cactus typically grows ...

0 0 Texas Prickly Pear

Texas Prickly Pear

by joanbstanleyTexas, USA

Shrubby cactus with flat jointed stems ...

1 0 Chestnut

Chestnut

by kunzahNew York, USA

The burr resembles a cactus. It has sharp, ...

1 0 Nopal

Nopal

by EsEverdeHidalgo, Mexico

A young plant of about 1m displaying a bright green you don't see in the older ...

0 0 Prickly Pear Cactus

Prickly Pear Cactus

by Ric3Florida, USA

/anyone that brushes up against it. It likes open sun and we'll drained soil. ...

2 3 Yellow dragon fruit

Yellow dragon fruit

by CathelineRofloManaliliDavao Del Norte, Philippines

sweeter than other pitaya varities, pulp is white with black

2 2 Dragonfruit (Red Pitaya)

Dragonfruit (Red Pitaya)

by Andrea LimCairns, Queensland, Australia

cactus flowers are about 40cm long, white ...

0 0 Eastern Prickly Pear

Eastern Prickly Pear

by LiamGeorgia, USA

"Opuntia humifusa, commonly known as the Eastern Prickly Pear or Indian Fig, is ...

0 0 Garambullo

Garambullo

by MelitaGuanajuato, Estado de Guanajuato, Mexico

Myrtillocactus geometrizans is a large shrubby

0 0 prickly pears

prickly pears

by the_tajminatorArizona, USA

purple cactus fruit

1 0 Prickly Pear Cactus

Prickly Pear Cactus

by GarySmith2Texas, USA

About 3 feet high and grow in large, dense clumps. The pads are oblong and ...

2 0 spineless cactus

spineless cactus

by AnnaWhipkeyCalifornia, USA

their edible pads (properly called ...

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