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spaceman101
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Difficult ID request "calling all Old Heads" please help
#21680046 - 05/14/15 06:14 PM (8 years, 8 months ago) |
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A family friend knows I love cacti so he gave me a bunch of these opuntia a buddy of his named Jos`e gave him so being it was given to him from a Mexican American I'm guessing this could possibly be an Opuntia Ficus Indica so I thought it was worth asking especially since he said that it produces tasty fruits
Here it is after I split it up and re-potted it " an extremely painful task".

Also sorry for the shitty pic but if you need one with more definition just let me know and I'll get one up.
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ferrel_human
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Re: Difficult ID request "calling all Old Heads" please help [Re: spaceman101]
#21680135 - 05/14/15 06:36 PM (8 years, 8 months ago) |
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It's opuntia alright but ficus indica, I don't know. Spines are really long as opposed to the one I get my nopalitos from. It does look similar to the opuntia I would see out in the south texas ranches where I would work and they do set this beautiful purple fruit. Though be wary of eating too much. You can get diarrhea. 
There is another Mexican variety that gives some really big fruit called tuna or prickly pear. Also a good variety.
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Edited by ferrel_human (05/14/15 06:37 PM)
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Lemnaminor
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Re: Difficult ID request "calling all Old Heads" please help [Re: ferrel_human]
#21681728 - 05/15/15 04:21 AM (8 years, 8 months ago) |
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Sicilian Here. Doesent look like O.Ficus Indica to me. As Ferrel said, it's about those fucking big spines.

This is what i am used to look at when i expect a Ficus Indica not spineless but few short spines ands a shitload of glochids.
Ferrel, is this the strain you are used to eat Right?
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ferrel_human
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Re: Difficult ID request "calling all Old Heads" please help [Re: Lemnaminor]
#21681843 - 05/15/15 05:50 AM (8 years, 8 months ago) |
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Quote:
Lemnaminor said: Sicilian Here. Doesent look like O.Ficus Indica to me. As Ferrel said, it's about those fucking big spines.

This is what i am used to look at when i expect a Ficus Indica not spineless but few short spines ands a shitload of glochids.
Ferrel, is this the strain you are used to eat Right?
I have one of those too. Big round spineless paddles. Mine are more oval. It's a great tasting variety. My dad has one but it's not as delicious. The immature paddles grow big. If mine grow that big they are too big to eat. I like mine small and tender.
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ferrel_human
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Re: Difficult ID request "calling all Old Heads" please help [Re: ferrel_human]
#21682100 - 05/15/15 08:20 AM (8 years, 8 months ago) |
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These are the ones I'm talking about.

Sort of sandal like.
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Grey Fox

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Re: Difficult ID request "calling all Old Heads" please help [Re: ferrel_human]
#21682104 - 05/15/15 08:21 AM (8 years, 8 months ago) |
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It resembles Opuntia engelmannii which is the wild prickly pear that grows throughout much of the American Southwest.
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