November 2015 - Genus of the Month - Small Opuntias

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November 2015 - Genus of the Month - Small Opuntias

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No-one is admitting to growing small opuntias then ::o
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Re: November 2015 - Genus of the Month - Small Opuntias

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This is sad here 2 pictures
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This is an old plant with 10 balls which is flowering some years
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25 seeds 1 seedling after 3 months Tephrocactus articulatis

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I have a shelf full of them. They are high up and out of reach.
Here is the first.
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Opuntia dimorpha.
Opuntia microdasys0001.jpg
Opuntia microdasys, the one with red gloches, it seems to be the worst from the point of view of brushing onto your skin and causing an itchy rash.
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Opuntia procumbens, it falls apart as soon as you touch it, a real menace but great for cuttings.
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Tephrocactus verschafeltii. The new growth is red and very attractive
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Tunilla soeherensis var chilensis. It needs repotting but I keep putting it off.

There are plenty more where these come from, I will have to take the pictures first.
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Re: November 2015 - Genus of the Month - Small Opuntias

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Another set of pictures, more later
Tephrocactus incahausssi0001.jpg
Tephrocactus incahaussii
Tephrocactus alexanderi0001.jpg
Tephrocactus alexanderi
Opuntia 'Smithwick'0001.jpg
Opuntia 'Smithwick'
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Opuntia glomerata var fulvispina
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Maihueniopsis clavarioides, not quite as big as the one at the last National Show
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A trio
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Last ones from me
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Tunilla multiarescata
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Tunilla corrugata var longispina
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Tephrocactus weberi
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Tephrocactus molinensis
Tephrocactus articulatus 0001.jpg
Tephrocactus articulatus var oligocanthus
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Pterocactus tuberosus
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Re: November 2015 - Genus of the Month - Small Opuntias

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Austrocylindopuntia floccosa, present in Andean highlands through most of Peru, from about 7deg S of the equator through into northern Bolivia. Sometimes hairy, sometimes not. Sometimes open groups of knee-high and arm-thick stems, sometimes a tight mound of inch-wide heads. Sometimes yellow-flowered, sometimes red-flowered.
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Austrocylindropuntia pachypus, another Peruvian of narrower distribution from the eastern outskirts of Lima at fairly low altitudes north for maybe 100 and a bit miles. Not much branched trunks up to about a metre. Spent flowers can produce chains of flowers or, if detached and rooted, shoots.
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Austrocylindropuntia vestita, a popular 'beginners' plant' once upon a time. From the eastern flank of the Andes in Bolivia.
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