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Prickly Pear

Opuntia sp.

Description:

cactus with long, narrow pads, long spines, and beautiful pink blooms

Habitat:

growing in my desert garden from a cutting I took from a hotel's garden - not native to Sinai

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Bernadette S
Bernadette S 10 years ago

Thanks, bayucca!

bayucca
bayucca 10 years ago

Opuntia sp. and looks like being Opuntia cf. cochenillifera. Please, verify!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opuntia
http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/815...

Bernadette S
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Bernadette S

جنوب سيناء, Egypt

Spotted on Jan 8, 2014
Submitted on Jan 8, 2014

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