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Honorary small Opuntia
Posted: Sun Aug 09, 2020 1:42 pm
by Mike P
Always like the intense yellowness of these flowers.
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Re: Honorary small Opuntia
Posted: Sun Jun 19, 2022 11:11 pm
by RAYWOODBRIDGE
I think my O. pycnantha is coming into bud
Re: Honorary small Opuntia
Posted: Tue Jun 21, 2022 9:19 pm
by Mike P
Annoyingly mine isn’t this year.
Re: Honorary small Opuntia
Posted: Tue Jun 21, 2022 10:25 pm
by RAYWOODBRIDGE
Mike P » Tue Jun 21, 2022 9:19 pm
Annoyingly mine isn’t this year.
Sorry Mike I thought that was your pycnantha, so I take it that is O. aciculata then.
Re: Honorary small Opuntia
Posted: Wed Jun 22, 2022 6:52 am
by Mike P
Image above was two years ago.
Re: Honorary small Opuntia
Posted: Thu Jun 23, 2022 3:49 pm
by Tony R
RAYWOODBRIDGE wrote: ↑Sun Jun 19, 2022 11:11 pm
I think my O. pycnantha is coming into bud
Yes, indeed, this is my favourite 'non-small' opuntia, so definitely an honorary member of the club.
For me, the buds usually come on the pads which appeared the previous year, so from today's photo below I have seven flowers to look forward to in the coming days/weeks:
Note how the buds appear red (from the outer petals) until they open to reveal the yellow!
And, remember, if you remove the 'fruits' soon after, before they have dried up too much, then you can root them down to produce new segments to, again, remove and root down.
Re: Honorary small Opuntia
Posted: Thu Jun 23, 2022 9:23 pm
by RAYWOODBRIDGE
by Mike P » Wed Jun 22, 2022 6:52 am
Image above was two years ago.
ooops
Re: Honorary small Opuntia
Posted: Thu Jun 23, 2022 9:28 pm
by RAYWOODBRIDGE
by Tony R » Thu Jun 23, 2022 3:49 pm
And, remember, if you remove the 'fruits' soon after, before they have dried up too much, then you can root them down to produce new segments to, again, remove and root down.
I did not know you could do that with pycnantha I have done that with O. pachypus ( Austrocylindro. )
Re: Honorary small Opuntia
Posted: Sat Jun 25, 2022 12:36 pm
by Tony R
Just the first flower opening today ....
Couldn't see inside the flower as my step-up stool was not around!
Re: Honorary small Opuntia
Posted: Sat Jun 25, 2022 3:09 pm
by Tony R
So, this afternoon, I moved the plant onto the floor to see the flower(s) better: