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Re: The Opuntia thread! [Re: Lemnaminor]
    #22186579 - 09/04/15 06:52 AM (8 years, 4 months ago)

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Opuntia robusta. Way bigger that a steering of a car.





Possibly my favourite Opuntia species. Pity its massive size...


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Re: The Opuntia thread! [Re: Lemnaminor]
    #22186940 - 09/04/15 08:57 AM (8 years, 4 months ago)

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Opuntia robusta. Way bigger that a steering of a car.



And... i don't know this one's name. But i liked the pic.





Oh man,those are fantastico!


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Re: The Opuntia thread! [Re: Mostly_Harmless]
    #22202696 - 09/07/15 03:30 PM (8 years, 4 months ago)

A O. humifusa I've had for a year or two:



Some O. fragilis "v. denudata" that I ordered recently:


Both of those species are apparently cold hardy in my area of Canada but I've kept the O. humifusa inside under the lights over the winter so far. I'm hoping to use the O.fragilis as a graft stock.


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Re: The Opuntia thread! [Re: psi]
    #22533519 - 11/16/15 04:43 PM (8 years, 2 months ago)

posting my collection of Variegated Opuntias

Opuntia Elatior


Opuntia Sunburst


Austrocilindropuntia Subulata


You can spot also variegated O.monacantha in the same pot, but i already posted that in here.


Oh by the way, not opuntias (one is also not a variegation) But i just wanted to toss them here because i'm lazy (And they are in the same pot)

Hylocereus Undatus


Hylocalycium Chimera


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Re: The Opuntia thread! [Re: Lemnaminor]
    #22535765 - 11/17/15 01:45 AM (8 years, 2 months ago)

Very nice! :kaneclap:


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Re: The Opuntia thread! [Re: LSoares]
    #22536452 - 11/17/15 08:36 AM (8 years, 2 months ago)

Hylocalycium-chimera.. LOL ..


Nice.. Both those varieties are pretty prolific (Gymno and Hylo)..LOL that's super awesome to see it doing well, Lem. Did you develop that Chimera yourself? Regardless, that is one special little plant.


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Re: The Opuntia thread! [Re: kizatzhaddarak] * 3
    #22602965 - 12/02/15 06:23 AM (8 years, 1 month ago)

Nope,  i bought it. Creating a chimera is an extremely rare happening , Wich happens in grafts . In this case , hylo /gymnocalycium hibotan are the most common commercial graft,  hence, it just happened.  Plus this one has a pretty solid rooted section,  Wich has less gymno tissue , so it's kinda sturdy , so propagation is fairly easy.

Oh by the way,  wanted to share a pad of art. Spartan carving of opuntia on opuntia ficus indica pad. Don't get me wrong,  damaging cactus is not my intent, and i woudn't do that on things that are outside my propriety. this pad was a trimmed pad that just rooted while layng on the ground. plus it's opuntia, wich is way more than abundant here, and it's so sturdy that can't possibly die.



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Re: The Opuntia thread! [Re: Lemnaminor]
    #22602989 - 12/02/15 06:45 AM (8 years, 1 month ago)

:laugh:


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Re: The Opuntia thread! [Re: LSoares] * 1
    #22605009 - 12/02/15 04:35 PM (8 years, 1 month ago)

This scientific journal says that a certain Opuntia has 0.9% goodness within. The preview has the results.

http://pubs.acs.org/doi/pdf/10.1021/jo01082a623


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Re: The Opuntia thread! [Re: Convergence]
    #22733220 - 01/03/16 07:30 PM (8 years, 27 days ago)

:takingnotes:


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Re: The Opuntia thread! [Re: germx99]
    #22733274 - 01/03/16 07:44 PM (8 years, 27 days ago)



Can anyone confirm this is Opuntia basilaris?


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Re: The Opuntia thread! [Re: Mrvince]
    #22733507 - 01/03/16 08:40 PM (8 years, 27 days ago)

it looks like it, but with a better pic, i coud tell you i am certain of that


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Re: The Opuntia thread! [Re: Lemnaminor]
    #22733689 - 01/03/16 09:27 PM (8 years, 27 days ago)

Huge thanks for the help, my dad kept telling me he doesn't think it is because it's wrinkly...


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Re: The Opuntia thread! [Re: Mrvince]
    #22735156 - 01/04/16 09:41 AM (8 years, 27 days ago)

In the wild, cold hardy species of Opuntia will dehydrate and shrivel up to be able to survive long periods of freezing temperatures during the winter. The temperature where I live falls below zero on a regular basis, but come summer they thrive and have abundant flowers. Pretty sure the most prominent species in my area is O. phaeacantha. I gave my neighbor a tiny yearling with an intact root system that I dug up while on a hike, it has been growing steadily in her windowsill for the past year without as much dehydration as would be seen in  exposure to extreme temperature.


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Re: The Opuntia thread! [Re: germx99] * 4
    #22781103 - 01/15/16 04:21 AM (8 years, 16 days ago)

Today I went to the countriside and i had a "Close encounter of the third opuntia"



I have to say that the day itself was sunny at first but then the sky became cloudy and i felt observed for all the morning :shocked:.


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Re: The Opuntia thread! [Re: Lemnaminor]
    #22781113 - 01/15/16 04:29 AM (8 years, 16 days ago)

:lol: awesome!


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Re: The Opuntia thread! [Re: Mostly_Harmless]
    #22781119 - 01/15/16 04:38 AM (8 years, 16 days ago)

:lol:


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Re: The Opuntia thread! [Re: Lemnaminor]
    #22782429 - 01/15/16 02:13 PM (8 years, 16 days ago)

Quote:

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Today I went to the countriside and i had a "Close encounter of the third opuntia"



I have to say that the day itself was sunny at first but then the sky became cloudy and i felt observed for all the morning :shocked:.




:lmafo:  :laugh2:


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Re: The Opuntia thread! [Re: spaceman101]
    #22783367 - 01/15/16 06:34 PM (8 years, 15 days ago)



C'era nna vota, dintra un curtigliu
nna grasta larga di cottu anticu
tecchia di stirru dintra la panza
ma mai nna  pianta di lu viddricu
misa ddrancapu, di lu barcuni
ci la pusavu la zzi Titina
ma mai na tinta pala di ficu
fici radici di lu so tirrenu

Nna beddra matina china si suli
mminzu a li canala e ali tarnitti
s'affacciavu di lu tettu vicchiu
nna pala virdi di ficudinnia
la grasta e la pala si talianu di l'ucchi
di lu silenziu cchiu rispittusu
poi la grasta si piglia di curaggiu
e ci arrivorgi la parola

<<cchi ffa drancapu, scinni ccassutta>>
dissi la grasta indispittita
<<iu sugnu sula e fazzu la muffa
tu trilla trilla ti godi la vita>>
<<cu mi lu fa fari ma ddiri tu!>>
c'arrispusi lesta la pala di ficu
cca c'è nna vista ca nun ti dicu
nun scinnu mancu morta ammazzata

Si mossi ddrucu la ficudinnia
ca in galera nun ci voli stari
libera all'aria, ccu li palummi
domina li tetta incontrastata
e nun ci talia ve di ddrassutta
ca cu la grasta iè sciarriata
teni sutt ucchiu tuttu un paisi
ca iè la rigina di li canalata.


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Re: The Opuntia thread! [Re: Lemnaminor] * 3
    #22783449 - 01/15/16 07:03 PM (8 years, 15 days ago)

It took me a long time to write this poetry, and I couldn't ever done in another lenguage than Sicilian.
the Idea came to my mind the same moment i snapped this photo. My town (should i say village?) is pretty old and rustic. there are plenty of abandoned places and some intresting glimpses. like this.
Since Opuntia ficus Indica grows so well in sicily, it's not uncommon to se it growing on the roofs. Just a bird leaving some seeds, a bit of dirt, sun , occasional rains, that's it.
translated it loses a lot of it's original content, but i will try do the best ( since i can't really do a translation)

Once upon a time, inside a courtyard
there was a wide ancient claypot
had a bit of soil inside it's belly
but never had a plant inside it's heart
layng on the balcony
the pot was put there by old lady Titina
but in the years, not even the worst opuntia
ever laid roots onto his dirt

One beautiful day, enlightned of sun
inbetween the shingles
appeared from the old roof
on green pad of Ficus indica
the pot and the pad looked in each other's eyes
during the most respectuful silence
then the pot took courage
and turned the word to the pad

"what are you doing up there, come down here"
said the pot, in angry tone
"I am alone, and i make the mold
you instead, are enjoyng your life"
"why should i come down there?"
said easily the opuntia pad
you can't even imagine the view
i won't come down, not even if dead

So the opuntia stood there
cause she doesen't want to be imprisoned
free in the air, alongside the birds
she dominates the roofs, unopposed
And she doesent look down there
because she's ostile to the clapot
she just holds an eye to the city
cause she's the queen of the gutters

Yep. it sounds terrible, but i tries to keep the same meaning of the original one. i assure you that the sicilian version sounds really good.
pheraps someone want's to make corrections of the english version?


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