Opuntia parryi serpentina cristata

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Close-up of Opuntia parryi serpentina cristata cacti, featuring green pads, white and yellow spines, among gray and white pebbles.
Close-up of Opuntia parryi serpentina cristata in a pot with gravel, featuring green spiky pads and blurred prickly pear cacti behind.
Close-up of Opuntia parryi serpentina cristata cactus with green pads and clusters of white and yellow spines among small pebbles.
Close-up of Opuntia parryi serpentina cristata, featuring spiny green pads in a gravel pot, with blurred cacti in the background.
A hand holds a small Opuntia parryi serpentina cristata cactus with green spiky pads, with rows of cacti displayed neatly behind.
Close-up of Opuntia parryi serpentina cristata, a green beaver tail cactus with long spines in a pot of white and gray pebbles.
A potted Opuntia parryi serpentina cristata with green, spiny pads sits on small rocks, with blurred cacti in the background.
Close-up of an Opuntia parryi serpentina cristata cactus with green spiny pads in a pot of white and gray pebbles, other cacti blurred behind.
Close-up of Opuntia parryi serpentina cristata with oval, spiky green pads and white-yellow spines in a pebble-filled pot, background blurred.
Close-up of Opuntia parryi serpentina cristata cacti, featuring green pads, white and yellow spines, among gray and white pebbles.
Close-up of Opuntia parryi serpentina cristata in a pot with gravel, featuring green spiky pads and blurred prickly pear cacti behind.
Close-up of Opuntia parryi serpentina cristata cactus with green pads and clusters of white and yellow spines among small pebbles.
Close-up of Opuntia parryi serpentina cristata, featuring spiny green pads in a gravel pot, with blurred cacti in the background.
A hand holds a small Opuntia parryi serpentina cristata cactus with green spiky pads, with rows of cacti displayed neatly behind.
Close-up of Opuntia parryi serpentina cristata, a green beaver tail cactus with long spines in a pot of white and gray pebbles.
A potted Opuntia parryi serpentina cristata with green, spiny pads sits on small rocks, with blurred cacti in the background.
Close-up of an Opuntia parryi serpentina cristata cactus with green spiny pads in a pot of white and gray pebbles, other cacti blurred behind.
Close-up of Opuntia parryi serpentina cristata with oval, spiky green pads and white-yellow spines in a pebble-filled pot, background blurred.

opuntia beavertail

Also known as beaver tail cactus grows in very arid plains and valleys. This is a smaller prickly pear, branching upwards to 30cm (60 cm) high in clumps up to 90cm (1.2 m) in diameter.
Stem: Oval to roundish blue-gray-green, with a blush of purple pigmentation (due to the presence of betacyanins pigments) that vary in function of temperature, glabrous or slightly covered with a velvety pubescence, smooth to wrinkled in dry conditions. New pads stretching from the lower areas of the plant.
Spines: Usually spineless, if a few spines are present they are confined to the upper rim of the pad.
Flower: 5cm in diameter and 6cm long; open from spring to early summer. They are intensely rose purple with deep magenta-red filaments and white or pink style, stigma is white. (yellow blooming plant are also know).


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

Bloom Season

Mid springearly summer

Flower Color

Magenta (pinkpurple)

Growth Rate

Slow growth

Hardiness Zone

8a to 10b

Mature Size

636 in

Resistance

18° C

Sun Exposure

Full sun (6+ hrs.)--Partial shade (3–6 hrs. sun)
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Opuntia parryi serpentina cristata

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opuntia beavertail

Also known as beaver tail cactus grows in very arid plains and valleys. This is a smaller prickly pear, branching upwards to 30cm (60 cm) high in clumps up to 90cm (1.2 m) in diameter.
Stem: Oval to roundish blue-gray-green, with a blush of purple pigmentation (due to the presence of betacyanins pigments) that vary in function of temperature, glabrous or slightly covered with a velvety pubescence, smooth to wrinkled in dry conditions. New pads stretching from the lower areas of the plant.
Spines: Usually spineless, if a few spines are present they are confined to the upper rim of the pad.
Flower: 5cm in diameter and 6cm long; open from spring to early summer. They are intensely rose purple with deep magenta-red filaments and white or pink style, stigma is white. (yellow blooming plant are also know).


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

Bloom Season

Mid springearly summer

Flower Color

Magenta (pinkpurple)

Growth Rate

Slow growth

Hardiness Zone

8a to 10b

Mature Size

636 in

Resistance

18° C

Sun Exposure

Full sun (6+ hrs.)--Partial shade (3–6 hrs. sun)
Attribute Value
Bloom Season Mid springearly summer
Botanical Name Opuntia parryi
Common Name Monster cactus, Beavertail cactus
Family Cactaceae
Flower Color Magenta (pinkpurple)
Genus Opuntia
Growth Habit Fleshy oval pads (pencas)
Growth Rate Slow growth
Hardiness Zone 8a to 10b
Mature Size 636 in
Native Area Northwest mexico
Resistance 18° C
Sun Exposure Full sun (6+ hrs.), Partial shade (3–6 hrs. sun)

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