High Quality Opuntia quitensis from Peru and Equador ONE pad unrooted

One small pad approx 3 inches

Photos show how these look when they have grown into a small plant and the flowers and fruit

It can tolerate most weather and will grow indoors in cooler climates

Freshly cut, will callous over in the mail and be ready to plant

Just plant approx. 1 inch deep in compost perlite mix, water and then water when dry

AKE CARE when handling as they have little spines that will detach, they can be removed with tweezers but its better not to have to go that route

Once established they grow quite quickly

Very easy to grow

Very hardy

Produces attractive flowers and healthy edible fruit

The plant extends with small stems, forming a large shrub with a size of 0.4 to 3 meters high.

The pads are flattened, elongated and almost circular, bare and well connected. They are 6 to 40 cm long and 5 to 13 cm wide.

From the areoles emerging brown glochids, 2 to 4 millimeters long, with two to seven spines that are sometimes missing, like needles and on the top a few beards.

They are yellowish white, flattened at the top of 0.5 to 8 centimeters.

The unisex flowers are orange-red to yellow-orange, 2.3 - 7 centimeters long and have diameters of 1 - 2.5 centimeters.

The fruits are barrel-shaped, brown-green in color and are ripen reddish, 2.5 to 4 cm long and 2 to 4 cm in diameter.

They are adorned with glochids and sometimes thorns or bristles. -