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  1. This plant i have looks very similar to Opuntia monacantha variegata (Josephs Coat)
    It is variegated, forms that pink tinge to it except it forms clumps, flowers a lot, and is a lot more tube like instead of out standard Josephs coat.

    Here are pictures of it

    A different form of Opuntia monacantha variegata ?

    A different form of Opuntia monacantha variegata ?

    A different form of Opuntia monacantha variegata ?

    A different form of Opuntia monacantha variegata ?

    And this is what the standard one looks like

    puntia monacantha variegata

    ,

    opuntia monacantha variegada var.monstruosa


    Does anyone know what it is called?

    Note: SOrry the images aren't across, i have them in this format:

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    And yet the images still aren't across :S
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  2. A year or so ago I got a Luther Burbanks Opuntia. Basically a botanist (among other things) by the name of Luther Burbank (March 7, 1849 – April 11, 1926) spent two decades selectively breeding Opuntia pads to be spineless, the goal was a spineless opuntia that could be grown in the desert for cattle feed. It was successful but the cactus needed constant watering and couldnt survive in the heat.

    I was sold a Luther Burbanks opuntia and although it is spineless it still produces glochids. (All spineless or ‘Burbank’ opuntias bear tiny bristles (glochids) around areoles and on the fruit surface (Brutsch and Zimmerman, 1990).)

    Below is image of Luther Burbanks opuntia, from this site http://mattslandscape.com/detail/?plant_name=Opuntia%20ficus%20indica%20var%20burbank%20spineless#full_desc
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    The only proper spineless opuntia i can think of is the thin Opuntia Nopales because it doesnt have as much glochids as burbanks.


    My Opuntia below looks like it has some opuntia robusta dna in it as it has an awesome blue tinge and is thick.
    below opuntia sold to me as luther burbank spineless

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  3. The cactus on the left is a super pedro, while the thin one on the right is a pedro (trichocereus pachanoi)
    The san pedro is thin because it is young, while the super pedro is a bit older and thus thicker.

    How do you guys tell the difference between the two just by looking at it? They have similar aeroles and rib counts etc?

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    Super pedro close up

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    San pedro close up

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  4. If you live in europe. No Problem. I buy it on eBay. When it gets older it got one big spine. But still more pleasant than sparthulata. I have to look for a picture.

    Can we see pictures? I am quite fond of pereskiopsis, they change their appearance drastically under different conditions. For me t5 fluro lights it becomes hairy. Full sun it becomes super spiky.


  5. Based on what I read, pereskiopsis rarely produce seeds, even if it does, the seeds are sterile.

    Never read that someone was successful in producing seeds.

    I know that Mitosis and mutant had their pereskiopsis flower before.

    My theory is that pereskiopsis is not self sterile and we can't cross pollinate because all our cuttings are from the same plant.

    The earliest mention of pereskiopsis sp. i have seen is by a shroomery user by the name Una around 10 years ago (http://www.shroomery.org/forums/showflat.php/Number/2899325/fpart/1/vc/1)

    What i am thinking is that one person (Una) got some cuttings from a plant and distributed it to everyone in America and eventually it went to Europe and Australia. So maybe all our pereskiopsis are genetically identical which means cross pollinating inst possible,

    Where does pereskiopsis grow in the wild?

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