I’ve had it (Opuntia humifusa) for years. Every year it got a little bigger but never flowered. Looks like this year was finally the year! They’re all gone now, but the fruits have taken their place. Can’t wait to have some 🤤
I’ve had it (Opuntia humifusa) for years. Every year it got a little bigger but never flowered. Looks like this year was finally the year! They’re all gone now, but the fruits have taken their place. Can’t wait to have some 🤤
I have had this one prickly pear for 10 years and it’s never flowered.
Looked it up and it appears that it may be a fragilis which mostly just propagate vegetatively. 😪
It survived many northern Minnesota winters before I had it at my grandparents house though.
Well if it propagates particularly quickly, the pads are also pretty tasty! Use a flame to remove the glocids and scrape with a knife to remove the spines. Look up “nopal” for recipes, they have kind of a nice gel instead that’s good for thickening stuff, kinda like okra!