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Opuntia ficus- indica
This cactus is between 15 to 20 ft tall.
There are several reasons Satyen. I found some duplicates while going thru my work.
Thanks Emma. I did not understand the concept of deleting the spotting though.
@ Satyen, I add and delete as I go along.Thanks for wishing me twice. You are a very sweet person!!
Big confusion Emma, I think that Pygmy Goat was your 1000th spotting and again Barbary Fig is shown as your 1000th spotting. Something has gone wrong? Anyways congratulations for submitting 1000spottings again.
That's a pricklypear, genus Opuntia. Best guess, based on the very short spines on the pads is O. ficus-indica "Barbary Fig", which is an introduced species: http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symb...