These have flowered for me before. Both are still small plants, and I am pleased they seem to flower quite readily.
Tunilla "Sonnenglut" chose a good day on Sunday to open its flowers:
This is labelled Maihueniopsis platyacantha:
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Re: Mixed Opuntias (2)
The Maihueniopsis looks more like M. hickenii than M. platyacantha.
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Thanks Phil, I'll give it a new label.
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Re: Mixed Opuntias (2)
I think it is M. platyacantha because I can see cross banding on the spines which would identify it as so. Hickenii does not have that marking.
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