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This cactus was overwintered outside with no heat added, just covered with a tarp to keep the humidity away.
It's the first flower
Also it looks like opuntia will have lots of flowers
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Posted : 08/06/2012 11:29 pm
Beautiful color 😀
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Posted : 09/06/2012 12:16 am
Nice! Those Opuntia definitely look to be a couple of weeks ahead of mine!
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Posted : 09/06/2012 1:20 am
Good stuff!
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Posted : 09/06/2012 7:58 am
A week or two and that Opuntia will burst for sure. Love the Echinocereus! They from Beavercreek?
Posted : 09/06/2012 9:23 am
Yea,I really love that color too!!!
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Posted : 09/06/2012 11:21 am
Yes. Great color on that Echinocereus.
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Posted : 09/06/2012 9:06 pm
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...Love the Echinocereus! They from Beavercreek?
Yes Paul, I bought 10 different ones from Beaver Creek Greenhouses and they all survived he winter.
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Posted : 10/06/2012 11:20 pm
Nice! If you stop protecting them from moisture you will have losses, but will be left with 100% hardy plants (which can seed and spread in the garden)!
Posted : 11/06/2012 10:55 am
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Three more:
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Posted : 17/06/2012 10:18 pm
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and this is another type of Echinocereus reichenbachii
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Posted : 17/06/2012 10:22 pm
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opuntia started to flower. I think it's a humifusa. Paul, what do you think?
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Posted : 17/06/2012 10:31 pm
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my complete 'desert area'. Have no idea what am I going to do if opuntia continues to grow in the same way. On the other hand it's the one with the most flowers so far.
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Posted : 17/06/2012 11:05 pm
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more opuntia flowers.
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Posted : 23/06/2012 12:27 am
Hey! That's Opuntia macrorhiza. IMO it is the best performing Opuntia in my garden, it never shows damage of any kind (every other type does, at least on occasion). Man do I ever love cactus blooming season!
Posted : 04/07/2012 7:49 am
