Opuntia monacantha variegata

[Moses]

this cactus was sold on ebay in the last few days and i'm trying to work out what it is

at first i thought opuntia but i have it on good authority that it has no glochids so anyone any ideas as to what it may be??

Edited September 23, 2008 by MOSES

[hela]

Euphorbia of some sort?

[Micromegas]

That's definately an opuntia IMO. I have one of these (variegated too) but haven't checked to see if it has glochids.

[zelly]

pfft

Edited November 18, 2008 by zelly

[Moses]

yeah i first thought opuntia but i thought they all had glochids

[M S Smith]

Opuntia monacantha variegata. I can't explain why there is no glochids.

~Michael~

Edited September 13, 2008 by M S Smith

[Moses]

thanx Michael spot on, just googled "Opuntia monacantha variegata"

if anyone else has this i would be interested to know if they have glochids on theirs as all the sites i just read still state they have them but i just got a 35cm piece of the pictured plant (would u believe the pictured plant sold for only $31.00)and apart from the spines she's safe to touch,lovely cos i reallllllly dislike glochids.

cheers all thanx for your help.

[zelly]

pfft

Edited November 18, 2008 by zelly

[zelly]

gleep

Edited November 18, 2008 by zelly