Name: Opuntia microdasys rufida
Brand: Planet Desert
SKU: 2922
Price: 14.79 USD
Availability: OutOfStock
Rating: 4.5 (2 reviews)

Flower: 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 known).

Cultivation and propagation: Best in very fast draining mineral soils this plant is very rot prone, needs little water once established, avoid acid soils rich in humus or clayey. Tolerates sand. Keep dry in winter.

Frost Tolerance: Hardy to -5° (or less)

Sun Exposure: They need maximum light exposure in full sun. Avoid shadow.

Warning: Handle with precautions to avoid the prickly glochids, besides the blue pruina that cover the cladodes may be allergenic for same people.

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

Bloom Season

Mid spring to early summer

Flower Color

Pink--purple--red

Growth Rate

Slow

Hardiness Zone

9 to 10

Mature Size

60 cm tall

Resistance

0° f (18° c).

Sun Exposure

Full sun

Bloom Season	Mid spring to early summer
Botanical Name	Opuntia microdasys
Common Name	Blind prickley pear
Dormancy	Winter
Family	Cactaceae
Flower Color	Pink, purple, red
Genus	Opuntia
Growth Habit	Oval
Growth Rate	Slow
Hardiness Zone	9 to 10
Mature Size	60 cm tall
Native Area	Southwest usa
Resistance	0° f (18° c).
Sun Exposure	Full sun

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

Bloom Season

Mid spring to early summer

Flower Color

Pink--purple--red

Growth Rate

Slow

Hardiness Zone

9 to 10

Mature Size

60 cm tall

Resistance

0° f (18° c).

Sun Exposure

Full sun

Bloom Season	Mid spring to early summer
Botanical Name	Opuntia microdasys
Common Name	Blind prickley pear
Dormancy	Winter
Family	Cactaceae
Flower Color	Pink, purple, red
Genus	Opuntia
Growth Habit	Oval
Growth Rate	Slow
Hardiness Zone	9 to 10
Mature Size	60 cm tall
Native Area	Southwest usa
Resistance	0° f (18° c).
Sun Exposure	Full sun

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