I grow this plant in pots in central Florida. This is one of my favorite plants. It has leaves like a jade plant and a trunk like a Cylin...Read Moredropuntia and then grows to be a tree. The spines are very long and like Opuntia and Cylindropuntia it makes glochids. I make cuttings from it and it replaces each cutting with more buds. The cuttings often lose the leaves and under stress the whole plant can lose the leaves. If you keep it happy and stable it will keep them. This plant is perfect for pots but it is best to upsize the pots to not stunt the plant. It will only make a tree in frost free zones. Makes a very interesting plant.
Quiabentia's are a members of the subfamily Opuntiodeae and have larger leaves that stay attached longer than some other genera. The stem...Read Mores resemble the shape of pencils. There are only 2 species in this genus.
I grow this plant in pots in central Florida. This is one of my favorite plants. It has leaves like a jade plant and a trunk like a Cylin...Read More
Quiabentia's are a members of the subfamily Opuntiodeae and have larger leaves that stay attached longer than some other genera. The stem...Read More