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Brazilian prickly pear

hmhb

By Hmhb


Brazilian prickly pear (opuntia brasiliensis)

Brazilian prickly pear - picked up at estate sale; grown about 5 times its original size and still growing in a pot.



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Does it produce the prikly pear fruit?

9 Oct, 2009

 

I don't think so; haven't seen it... (but then again, I don't know what I'm looking for. I'll watch it closer and let you know. So far I've only seen two or three of the blooms.

10 Oct, 2009



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