This plant LOOKS like an Opuntia, and has previously been CALLED 'Opuntia', --BUT-- it is NOT an Opuntia. It is instead: "Consolea rube...Read Morescens": [HYPERLINK@www.thecactusking.com] So . . . Not sure if it is edible, or, not. (Another commentor said they were going to try eating it.)
"...Sometimes freakishly flattened Cacti that are also lumped into the Opuntia genus by many nurseries and botanical gardens turn out to be *>ANOTHER GENUS
I also received this as a cutting a few years ago.
Now its over 6 foot with a good sturdy trunk base and out stretched arms. It bl...Read Moreoomed for me this year for the first time in wonderful double orange flowers. Its no trouble requires nothing but full sun and dry. Mines in a raised bottomless bed 12 inches higher than the yard. I feel it could be considered thornless even the glockoids aren't bothersome being mostly subsunk in the pads
I planted a small Road Kill in a container last spring and kept it outside all summer. In the fall, I transplanted it into a larger cont...Read Moreainer. I brought it inside for the winter and, to my surprise, it survived...and thrived! It's almost 2 feet tall now and it's been back outside for the season for about two weeks (no more frost in the forecast!). A couple of the tall spikes and many of the smaller offshoots have started to wilt. I haven't over watered it. Any thoughts on why this might be happening??
Nice rich green plant with an almost cartoon like appearance. It looks like it becomes more tree as it grows. It takes the AZ sun well ...Read Moreand it has made it through a 27 degree frost with just a cover. Slight damage to the top tips of the plant but nothing else. It appears dormant in the winter but grows pretty fast when the temps are in the 90's. Frost damage seemed to cause more branching later in the spring.
I have not seen it flower yet but will post a photo if I ever do.
My Roadkill started as a four inch cute lil cactus. Unbeknownst to me, it is now a ten foot tree like behemouth!!
Road kill is nam...Read Moreed as such for the very flat pads that form the arms. Looks like they have been run over by a truck! I plan on trying them as a food source much as a prickly pear. Has anyone already tried this? If so, I would like to know your experience.
Palmbob,
When someone gave me a piece of this, and said it was 'roadkill cactus'. I thought they were serious that it had been run...Read More over by a car, thats how it looked, anyway. Until it rooted it, and gave it extra water, then it perked right up.
Later I found out that was the popular common name.
This plant LOOKS like an Opuntia, and has previously been CALLED 'Opuntia', --BUT-- it is NOT an Opuntia. It is instead: "Consolea rube...Read More
I also received this as a cutting a few years ago.
Now its over 6 foot with a good sturdy trunk base and out stretched arms. It bl...Read More
I planted a small Road Kill in a container last spring and kept it outside all summer. In the fall, I transplanted it into a larger cont...Read More
Nice rich green plant with an almost cartoon like appearance. It looks like it becomes more tree as it grows. It takes the AZ sun well ...Read More
My Roadkill started as a four inch cute lil cactus. Unbeknownst to me, it is now a ten foot tree like behemouth!!
Road kill is nam...Read More
Palmbob,
When someone gave me a piece of this, and said it was 'roadkill cactus'. I thought they were serious that it had been run...Read More
Tree-like prickly pear cactus from the Caribbean Islands. Not sure why it's called Road Kill Cactus... anyone know?