Does anyone know this cactus's name?
I started this from a clipping of my neighbors big catus.I’m wondering if the flowers only open to this point or could I be doing more so they would grow bigger and open up more. Thanks in advance.
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Does anyone know what this plant is?
It was my grandfather's favorite flower. We have handed it down through generations. We call it the purple flower plant.
that is about it they only last a day or so, the pods/fruit that the flowers are on are ready to eat when the flower falls off. Eat them either green or wait til they turn ruby red and are so sweet when red ripe, you can make lots of good stuff from them, the pads of prickly pear and the fruit are both edible here are recipes for both https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=DIYprickly+pear+recipes you'll have alot YUMMY!!! here is great info. on growing cycles,harvesting and many great uses for all parts of prickly pears
looks like a prickly pear cactus
Indeed, l agree it certainly looks like a prickly pear cacti.
Frank
stay low, move swift, stay safe.
Prickly pear. We would see people selling the 'leaves' at the farmers market.
Hi Pam! It's a prickly pear cactus and are so beautiful when blooming!
Hi there, Optuna (not sure of spelling) - common name - PRICKLY PEAR
Mine hasn't bloomed like that but it is a prickly pear cactus. I am however in New York and mine is a house plant.
hi... if you're saying you would like it to get bigger, just start increasing the size of the CLAY pot, not more than 1-1/2" every time . before you know it, you've created a monster! then let it almost dry out before you water it each time. give it a little sand/dirt mixture on top each time you re-pot. then ~ talk to it...
it's beautiful now...
Wow! So many replies. Thanks to you all. Now I know what this beauty is. Have it in a regular plastic flower pot in my small outside garden bed. I live in Florida where it gets very hot 🥵. I don’t have to do anything for it to keep growing. When a piece drops off it starts a new plant in the dirt. I have to keep removing them. What I wondered the most was if those pretty flowers were only suppose to grow to that particular point then stop. Or could I do more to get them to grow bigger and open up more. I just recently started to give them a flower fertilizer and what you see are the results. I love it as is but just had this wonder if I could do more to help the flowers get larger or was that the normal size.
Again, thank you all so very much! 🤗💕
nopales cactus when cooked in the Mexican culture it resembles green bean taste
His name shall be Fred!
prickly pear cactus, the purple fruit is used to make jelly and other desserts
It is a Christmas cactus because it only blooms once a year
Its calle a Christmas Cactus.
Because it blooms around Christmas. My husbands late Granny and his late momma had a Huge Selection of this very plant.
They always called it a Christmas Cactus so.....
If im wrong, SOMEONE, ANYONE PLEASE SET ME STRAIT. I so have some starter offspring from thier Big Hige Plants. Blooms are Actually VERY PRETTY.
ENJOY IT.
Prickly Pear cactus
It doesn't look like a Christmas cactus to me. All of those I've ever seen had smooth leaves and this one has bumps. Same for Thanksgiving and Easter varieties. But it is hard to get a sense of scale from the photo.
I'm not convinced it's a prickly pear either but I'm leaning that way. Prickly pears do have the teeny tiny spines in clusters (the bumps seen here) but usually the also have a few big spines. Also they fruit...hence, the name "pear." If this came from a neighbor's plant, does that one fruit?
I don't know the name but the flowers do get bigger.
Having lived on the Arizona desert for 20 years-- at first glance I instantly said PRICKLY PEAR -- all of these others have confirmed my diagnosis! The fruit is used for jellies and all sorts of sweet things-- and do BE CAREFUL of little spiney hair like things-- also as mentioned-- do not eat them of course! It looks like a very healthy and happy plant--- luv it and ENJOY it!