Opuntia humifusa

A lemony satiny #cactus flower 22 June 2024 #opuntiahumifusa #native #nativeplant #succulent #succulentsunday #easternpricklypear #opuntia #glochidsareevil

One-day flower 10 June 2024 #easternpricklypear #opuntiahumifusa #native #nativeplant #glochidsareevil

Last year an #easternpricklypear pad broke off and blew across the driveway and made its way under the fence and into the herb bed. I watched it sit there, doing nothing, so I did nothing. The top picture is 4 July. The bottom picture is today. Seems I have to do something now, because prickly doesn't belong in the herb bed. 23 July 2023 #opuntiahumifusa

Hello sunshine! 15 June 2023 #easternpricklypear #opuntiahumifusa #native #nativeplant #glochidsareevil #ouch #opuntia #yellow

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#bestofjune

Hello sunshine! 15 June 2023 #easternpricklypear #opuntiahumifusa #native #nativeplant #glochidsareevil #ouch #opuntia

#easternpricklypear #blooming 10 June 2023

Late fall #pricklypear #opuntiahumifusa #easternpricklypear #native #nativeplant #succulentsunday 22 Oct 2021

Pretty!

Four pink fruits! #opuntiahumifusa #native #nativeplant #easternpricklypear #succulent #cactus 23 Sep 2021 #ouch #glochidsareevil

what do u do with the fruit. I have this plant but i don't know what to do with the fruit it's too sour to eat

I don't know @racha this is the first year it's made fruits. They are really small, and this isn't the kind that is big and sweet in the grocery stores. I have another patch of prickly pear elsewhere in my yard so I'll probably take a couple pads from this plant and put them with the other patch because it seems that they're not self-fertile. Not sure if that's really an answer.

@racha the ones from Mexico are the yummy ones

@sushiwaitress ohh i see. we have an other type that is way delicious than this one but this one the pigement on it is just beautiful

LOOK I'M GETTING FRUITS! Last year I stuck a pad from my front yard into the pot with the #opuntiahumifusa #easternpricklypear that I got from the Philadelphia Cactus and Succulent Society, and it appears that we have achieved #cross-pollination! 12 Sep 2012

This flower bud plumped up... pollinated? These usually just dry up and fall off. #pricklypearcactus #easternpricklypear #succulent #cactus #nativeplant #native #ediblelandscaping 4 Sep 2021

Nov 2019 to June 2021: less than two years and it's really happy in this pot on the south side of the house. 6 June 2021 #opuntiahumifusa #native #nativeplant #easternpricklypear #cactus #succulent

Nice bloom clusters!

Yesterday's pure yellow flower now has an orange throat. Maybe orange = pollinated? Will continue to observe. 28 May 2021 #opuntiahumifusa #native #nativeplant #easternpricklypear #succulent

Yesterday's #blossom closed up tight. Maybe pollinated? We'll see..... 28 May 2021 #opuntiahumifusa #native #nativeplant #easternpricklypear #succulent

Do you eat them? @sushiwaitress

@Dragon_Warrior You know, I never considered trying them because the hispanic markets around here sell nopales, which I believe are a different variety. But I bet these are edible. If these make fruits you bet I'll be trying them.

@sushiwaitress That's cool. I was just wondering because I heard they are edible. I would love to try one sometime 😊

@Dragon_Warrior You can find prickly pear fruits (called 'tuna' in Spanish) at Hispanic markets pretty readily. There are red ones and green ones and they're worth trying. Full and I mean full of seeds, but they're quite nice when chilled, peeled, and sliced. Just don't chew too hard 😉🌵🍐

One of the blooms is pure yellow, and one has a bit of orange in the throat. They're both blooming from the same cactus pad. Wonder what's the difference. Age perhaps? Last year there was no orange in the flowers. #opuntiahumifusa #native #nativeplant #easternpricklypear 27 May 2021

It's starting! #opuntiahumifusa #native #nativeplant #easternpricklypear 27 May 2021

Wow! Look at all those flower buds! That's impressive!

Gonna bloom our head off -- in a while 25 May 2021 #opuntiahumifusa #native #nativeplant #easternpricklypear #succulent

This baby is reeeeeally happy here. It's about to bloom its head off this summer. Wonder if it'll fruit this year. #opuntiahumifusa #native #nativeplant #pricklypear #easternpricklypear #pricklypearcactus 9 May 2021

#wickedspines #101uses

#easternpricklypear getting fat and happy and full of buds and new growth #opuntiahumifusa #native #nativeplant #glochidsareevil 30 Apr 2021

I love how these grow🌵

Can't believe how much this guy has grown since I got the six pads in November. I added one more pad in March from the patch in the front yard, and this guy has been putting out new pads as fast as he can. #easternpricklypear #opuntiahumifusa #pricklypear 11 July 2020

@sushiwaitress Wow! It looks great 😍

I think this might just maybe be the beginning of a real #pricklypear #fruit -- there definitely was a flowerbud that fell off of this spot... 30 June 2020 #easternpricklypear #opuntiahumifusa

The petals are thin and papery -- almost like feathers 22 June 2020 #easternpricklypear #opuntiahumifusa #cactus #cactusflower #succulent

My first-ever (potted) cactus flower #easternpricklypear #opuntiahumifusa 22 June 2020 #cactus #cactusflower #succulent

#prayingmantis #prayingmantis-baby #praying-mantis #goodbug #beneficialinsect #beneficialcritter #opuntiahumifusa #easternpricklypear 6 June 2020

❤️ the little crawly critter

I had no idea these #easternpricklypear #cactus pads would sprout so much new growth in just a few months! One of the pads that I took from the patch in the front yard even has two flower buds on it! #opuntiahumifusa 6 June 2020

It rained last night and the new pads are even bigger today 30 May 2020 #easternpricklypear #opuntiahumifusa

These guys loooooove being in the sun. #opuntiahumifusa #easternpricklypear 26 May 2020 #newgrowth

New pads coming on the #easternpricklypear #opuntiahumifusa #newgrowth 15 May 2020

22 Apr 2020 couldn't wait a whole week. They looked callused-over a bit... hope they make it. #opuntiahumifusa #easternpricklypear

I snipped the two pads off of the far-left pad and put them in the box to callous over. The big pad in the box I pulled off the patch in the front yard. I'll stick them all in this pot with the others next weekend. 18 Apr 2020 #easternpricklypear #opuntiahumifusa

Some new growth! 17 Apr 2020 #opuntiahumifusa #easternpricklypear #cactus #glochids #glochidsareevil #ouch

Some new growth! 17 Apr 2020 #opuntiahumifusa #easternpricklypear #cactus #glochids #glochidsareevil #ouch

I adopted these #easternpricklypear cuttings/pads at a Philadelphia Cactus and Succulent Society meeting last fall. I have them growing in my yard already but I had this empty pot by the garage so I tucked them in there. Sure enough they made it through the winter. 24 Mar 2020

Make it fine z5. Will wrinkle up bad but will plump up as soon as warm