Name: Opuntia invicta
Brand: Planet Desert
SKU: 1790
Price: 18.89 USD
Availability: InStock
Rating: 4.77 (13 reviews)

Native to Central Baja California, Mexico, Grusonia invicta (Corynopuntia invicta) is a mat forming cactus that grows approximately 20-50 cm high and up to 2m across (or more) with stout stems and very broad formidable spines.

Stems: Jointed, deep green ascending or spreading. Segments obovoid to club-shaped, up to 12 cm long. Strongly tuberculate
Tubercles: Large, flattened laterally, 3-4 cm long
Areoles: Large up to 1,5 cm in diameter with white wool
Glochids: Few white up to 4 mm long
Leaves: Linear, slightly curved, reddish and ephemeral, 8-14 mm long
Spines: Thick, sharp-pointed, straight and strongly flattened, that look like little daggers, 1-5 cm long, and are at first reddish or purple with bright carmine-red base, turning greyish-white and finally black.
Radial spines: 6-10
Central spines: 10-12 much stouter than the radials
Flowers: Yellow up to 5 cm in diameter, with a magnificent form. Tepals ovate-acuminate. Ovary almost hidden by numerous reddish acicular spines
Blooming season: April to May
Seeds: Yellowish, 2 mm broad

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

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Please note: Our large plants are many years old, and as a result, they might have minor scaring but will arrive 100% healthy and looking great.

Please note: Our large plants are shipped bare root. They are also many years old, and as a result, they might have minor scaring but will arrive healthy and looking great.

Please note: All perennial drought tolerant plants 1 gal or larger will be shipped bare root. Before sending perennial plants, we often trim the leafy parts and remove flowers or buds. This helps them survive shipping and adjust to transplanting better

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