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Prairie Dog Exhibit, Mesker Park Zoo and Botanical Gardens, Evansville, IN, USA
Spotted on Apr 7, 2012
Submitted on Apr 8, 2012
3 Comments
Paul, there are jillions of Opuntia. What I do in a situation like this is go to Google Images and put in Opuntia and then find a picture that most resembles the one I have, and then investigate further from there. Also try here: http://www.lithops.net/Opuntia.htm
They are almost all generically called Prickly Pear.
@ Ava T-B
I can update the listing to make it "Opuntia sp.", but if you have any leads on an exact species I would be most appreciative. I will do some research myself and see what we can come up with. If we still don't have any leads by tomorrow I will simply make the spotting of an "Opuntia sp."
This is some species of Opuntia cactus.