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This is a blossom from my Christmas
Edible cactus with spikes on paddles. Fruit ...
Almost paper-like blossoms atop long narrow ...
Large cactus growing about 12 feet or more ...
Cactus and poison ivy in lowland hardwood ...
Some kind of cereus? Very large brilliant pink flowers on a small (1 meter ...
Ancient Greek εχινος (echinos), meaning "spiny," and
This plant was given to me a few years ago and the
Cochineal Nopal Cactus growing along the ...
From southern Bolivia, blooms heavily in May an continue until October.
An opuntia growing close to the ground in an urban dog park. One paddle is ...
A variety of colors..and the little red ones(milkweed bugs, onopeitus fasciatus)
These stem looks like a catterpilar but it produces very cute
Ok, this is going to be a more emotional description:
This is my
blossom is huge compared to the plant. The ...
the arid regions of the world, often bear large, attractive, fragrant
Large, tree-sized cactus species which can ...
Tall, thin plant with many arms growing skyward. Some of the tips had red
white tiny hair like blossoms that ...
life, the plant sends up a tall, branched stalk, lanen with yellow
Ripe prickly pear fruit which the birds had been sampling.
Prickly pear
