Opuntia Desert Ace

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Opuntia Desert Ace small cactus with round base, four upright green pads with yellow-brown spines, in rocks among succulents. Edible fruit.
Close-up of an Opuntia Desert Ace cactus pad with small spines, green leaves, and blurred purple flowers; known for edible fruit.
The Opuntia Desert Ace potted cactus features round green base with five orange-tipped pads, white rocks, and nearby succulents. Edible fruit.
Close-up of Opuntia Desert Ace cactus with five green pads and tiny spines, in light rocks, surrounded by succulents and cacti.
A hand holds a small pot with an Opuntia Desert Ace cactus and pebbles, with potted succulents and cacti arranged in the background.
A hand holds an Opuntia Desert Ace cactus with flat green pads in a white, rock-filled pot. Other succulents are in the background.
A hand holds an Opuntia Desert Ace cactus in a pot, highlighting its edible fruit and vibrant hot pink flowers.
Opuntia Desert Ace small prickly pear cactus with four green pads in a square pot of light pebbles, among other succulents.
Close-up of Opuntia Desert Ace cactus in a black pot with gravel, showing a yellow flower on a green pad against a blurred sunlit background.
Opuntia Desert Ace potted cactus with flat green pads and pink flowers on gravel in bright sunlight, indicating future edible fruit.
Opuntia Desert Ace cactus with flat green pads and yellow blooms in a pot on light gravel, prized for its edible fruit and vivid flowers.
Opuntia Desert Ace cactus with green pads and yellow flowers in a pot on gravel, highlighted by sunlight; produces edible fruit.
Opuntia Desert Ace prickly pear cactus with green pads, yellow flowers, and ripening fruit in a pot on gravel; garden blurred behind.
Opuntia Desert Ace prickly pear cactus in a black pot, with flat green pads, spines, yellow flowers, and sunlit outdoor setting.
The Opuntia Desert Ace prickly pear cactus, with green pads and yellow flowers, is potted on gravel with plants and wood beams behind.
Opuntia Desert Ace potted cactus with green flat pads and three yellow flowers on outdoor gravel in sunlight, noted for edible fruit.
A potted Opuntia Desert Ace cactus with flat green pads and yellow flowers stands on sandy gravel, known for its edible fruit.
Prickly pear cactus (Opuntia Desert Ace) in a black pot with light gravel, green pads, yellow flowers, and sharp spines.
Opuntia Desert Ace cactus in a pot with white gravel, showing a bright yellow flower and two buds against a sunlit, blurred background.
A yellow bloom stands out on the Opuntia Desert Ace cactus, known for edible fruit and bright hot pink flowers.
Opuntia Desert Ace cactus with prickly spines, buds, and a yellow bloom in a pot outdoors against a blurred garden background.
Green Opuntia Desert Ace cactus in a pot with yellow flowers, outdoors against a blurred background; produces edible fruit.
Close-up of Opuntia Desert Ace cactus in bloom, showing yellow petals and white stamens against a blurred desert background.
Opuntia Desert Ace cactus with flat green pads, sharp spines, and yellow flowers blooming outdoors amid gravel and garden greenery.
Opuntia Desert Ace cactus with long stems and yellow flowers in a gravel-filled pot outdoors, thriving in sunlight.
Opuntia Desert Ace cactus in a black pot with white gravel, showing a yellow flower and side bud outdoors, valued for edible fruit.
The Opuntia Desert Ace cactus features a bright yellow flower and edible fruit, making it a vibrant choice for any container or garden.
Opuntia Desert Ace cactus with flat green pad, yellow blooms, spines, and edible fruit in sunlight on a white background.
Opuntia Desert Ace cactus with a flat green pad and two large yellow flowers on a greenhouse table, surrounded by other potted plants.
Close-up of a yellow Opuntia Desert Ace cactus flower with delicate petals and stamens, set against a softly blurred background.
Opuntia Desert Ace small cactus with round base, four upright green pads with yellow-brown spines, in rocks among succulents. Edible fruit.
Close-up of an Opuntia Desert Ace cactus pad with small spines, green leaves, and blurred purple flowers; known for edible fruit.
The Opuntia Desert Ace potted cactus features round green base with five orange-tipped pads, white rocks, and nearby succulents. Edible fruit.
Close-up of Opuntia Desert Ace cactus with five green pads and tiny spines, in light rocks, surrounded by succulents and cacti.
A hand holds a small pot with an Opuntia Desert Ace cactus and pebbles, with potted succulents and cacti arranged in the background.
A hand holds an Opuntia Desert Ace cactus with flat green pads in a white, rock-filled pot. Other succulents are in the background.
A hand holds an Opuntia Desert Ace cactus in a pot, highlighting its edible fruit and vibrant hot pink flowers.
Opuntia Desert Ace small prickly pear cactus with four green pads in a square pot of light pebbles, among other succulents.
Close-up of Opuntia Desert Ace cactus in a black pot with gravel, showing a yellow flower on a green pad against a blurred sunlit background.
Opuntia Desert Ace potted cactus with flat green pads and pink flowers on gravel in bright sunlight, indicating future edible fruit.
Opuntia Desert Ace cactus with flat green pads and yellow blooms in a pot on light gravel, prized for its edible fruit and vivid flowers.
Opuntia Desert Ace cactus with green pads and yellow flowers in a pot on gravel, highlighted by sunlight; produces edible fruit.
Opuntia Desert Ace prickly pear cactus with green pads, yellow flowers, and ripening fruit in a pot on gravel; garden blurred behind.
Opuntia Desert Ace prickly pear cactus in a black pot, with flat green pads, spines, yellow flowers, and sunlit outdoor setting.
The Opuntia Desert Ace prickly pear cactus, with green pads and yellow flowers, is potted on gravel with plants and wood beams behind.
Opuntia Desert Ace potted cactus with green flat pads and three yellow flowers on outdoor gravel in sunlight, noted for edible fruit.
A potted Opuntia Desert Ace cactus with flat green pads and yellow flowers stands on sandy gravel, known for its edible fruit.
Prickly pear cactus (Opuntia Desert Ace) in a black pot with light gravel, green pads, yellow flowers, and sharp spines.
Opuntia Desert Ace cactus in a pot with white gravel, showing a bright yellow flower and two buds against a sunlit, blurred background.
A yellow bloom stands out on the Opuntia Desert Ace cactus, known for edible fruit and bright hot pink flowers.
Opuntia Desert Ace cactus with prickly spines, buds, and a yellow bloom in a pot outdoors against a blurred garden background.
Green Opuntia Desert Ace cactus in a pot with yellow flowers, outdoors against a blurred background; produces edible fruit.
Close-up of Opuntia Desert Ace cactus in bloom, showing yellow petals and white stamens against a blurred desert background.
Opuntia Desert Ace cactus with flat green pads, sharp spines, and yellow flowers blooming outdoors amid gravel and garden greenery.
Opuntia Desert Ace cactus with long stems and yellow flowers in a gravel-filled pot outdoors, thriving in sunlight.
Opuntia Desert Ace cactus in a black pot with white gravel, showing a yellow flower and side bud outdoors, valued for edible fruit.
The Opuntia Desert Ace cactus features a bright yellow flower and edible fruit, making it a vibrant choice for any container or garden.
Opuntia Desert Ace cactus with flat green pad, yellow blooms, spines, and edible fruit in sunlight on a white background.
Opuntia Desert Ace cactus with a flat green pad and two large yellow flowers on a greenhouse table, surrounded by other potted plants.
Close-up of a yellow Opuntia Desert Ace cactus flower with delicate petals and stamens, set against a softly blurred background.

Opuntia is a very large genus of cacti, varying in size from 2 inches tall (5 cm) miniature plants to 100 feet tall (30 m) trees. They are native from Canada, to Chile and Argentina. The genus has been split several times, but there doesn't seem to be a consensus yet on the best way to do that. The name Opuntia comes from the name of a Greek city.

All Opuntias not only have normal spines, but they also have thin barbed spines barely visible, named glochids. These can get stuck in your skin and be very irritating. In some species, they are particularly light and can become airborne when the Opuntia is moved. Wetting the plant before handling it might be a good prevention.

Opuntias often have large, colorful flowers. The fruit is also large and generally edible.

Cold hardiness zone: USDA 4-9
Light needs: full sun
Water needs: little to no water
Mature size: 3-6' high and wide
Selected for: cactus with hot pink flowers followed by rounded red fruits

Some of the information in this description has been found at desert-tropicals.com, llifle.com and cactus-art.biz

Bloom Season

Late summer

Flower Color

Margenta

Growth Rate

Fast growth

Hardiness Zone

4--5--6--7--8--9(USDA)

Mature Size

3 feet

Resistance

10 c

Sun Exposure

Full sun (6+ hrs.)--Partial shade (3–6 hrs. sun)
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Opuntia Desert Ace

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Opuntia is a very large genus of cacti, varying in size from 2 inches tall (5 cm) miniature plants to 100 feet tall (30 m) trees. They are native from Canada, to Chile and Argentina. The genus has been split several times, but there doesn't seem to be a consensus yet on the best way to do that. The name Opuntia comes from the name of a Greek city.

All Opuntias not only have normal spines, but they also have thin barbed spines barely visible, named glochids. These can get stuck in your skin and be very irritating. In some species, they are particularly light and can become airborne when the Opuntia is moved. Wetting the plant before handling it might be a good prevention.

Opuntias often have large, colorful flowers. The fruit is also large and generally edible.

Cold hardiness zone: USDA 4-9
Light needs: full sun
Water needs: little to no water
Mature size: 3-6' high and wide
Selected for: cactus with hot pink flowers followed by rounded red fruits

Some of the information in this description has been found at desert-tropicals.com, llifle.com and cactus-art.biz

Bloom Season

Late summer

Flower Color

Margenta

Growth Rate

Fast growth

Hardiness Zone

4--5--6--7--8--9(USDA)

Mature Size

3 feet

Resistance

10 c

Sun Exposure

Full sun (6+ hrs.)--Partial shade (3–6 hrs. sun)
Attribute Value
Bloom Season Late summer
Botanical Name Opuntia
Common Name Cow's tongue cactus
Dormancy Winter
Family Cactaceae
Flower Color Margenta
Genus Opuntia
Growth Habit Leafy shape
Growth Rate Fast growth
Hardiness Zone 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9(USDA)
Mature Size 3 feet
Resistance 10 c
Sun Exposure Full sun (6+ hrs.), Partial shade (3–6 hrs. sun)

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