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Description

The listing, One Rare Purple Prickly Pear pad has ended.

This auction is for one purple prickly pair Pad (Santa Rita) that is from my own private seed grown cactus. These are healthy pads. The fruit or "apples" are sweet and have many benefits.

Scientific Name: Opuntia santa-rita

Synonyms: Opuntia chlorotica var. santa-rita, O. violacea var. santa-rita

Common Names: Santa Rita Pricklypear, Santa Rita Prickly Pear, Purple Prickly-pear

Plant Characteristics

Duration: Perennial

Growth Habit: Tree, Shrub, Cactus

Arizona Native Status: Native

Habitat: Desert, Upland. This attractive cactus is especially common in the foothills of Arizona's Santa Rita Mountains.

Flower Color: Lemon yellow

Flowering Season: Spring

Height: To 7 feet (2.1 m) tall, but usually less

Description: The flowers are up to 3 1/2 inches (7.6 cm) wide and have solid yellow tepals, pale yellow anther filaments, and a whitish style. The flowers are followed by egg-shaped to barrel-shaped, glochid-dotted, reddish to purple fruit. The stem pads are flattened, round, usually spineless, dotted with aureole glochids (sharp micro-spines), and blue-green, purple, or magenta in color.

Questions & Comments

This is a link to one of the many web sites that show some of the benefits of prickly pear cactus fruits : http://www.buzzle.com/articles/prickly-pear-juice-benefits.html

Nov 28th, 2011 at 1:51:00 PM PST by

watching this is cool never seen a purple one

Nov 28th, 2011 at 9:02:14 PM PST by

It is a very rare cactus and it is extremely hard to find. I had to obtain the seeds from a friend in the region that it grows in near Tucson AZ in the Santa Rita Mountains. It is one of the most beautiful specimens of cactus I have came across.

Nov 28th, 2011 at 9:29:03 PM PST by

That is awesome.I learn some thing new all the time. (as everyone should).Thanks for sharing!

Nov 28th, 2011 at 10:53:53 PM PST by

I agree we should all learn and expand our knowledge, glad I could share.

Nov 28th, 2011 at 11:05:30 PM PST by

do you think this cactus would take to oklahoma alright and how long does it take for seed to start and can it be started as a poted plant like in time for christmas lol

Nov 30th, 2011 at 4:11:33 PM PST by

Dec 3rd, 2011 at 7:44:25 AM PST by

Prickly Pear can tolerate snow here in Arizona . so I think it would take in Oklahoma. This auction is not for seed. It is for a pad of the the cactus. All you have to do is plant it and water it and you have an instant plant. So technically it would be ready for Christmas.

Dec 1st, 2011 at 10:21:08 AM PST by

ok and how do you do shipping can you do C.O.D at the post office which means i pay the shipping when it gets here ? Paypal? very interested thanks

Dec 1st, 2011 at 10:51:50 PM PST by

I do not except COD but I do except Paypal or Money Order

Dec 3rd, 2011 at 7:45:48 AM PST by

what size is the pad
watching hopeing to bid

Dec 2nd, 2011 at 10:09:56 PM PST by

roughly a little smaller than my hand and I have a big hand.

Dec 3rd, 2011 at 7:47:30 AM PST by

fantastic auction!!!
the origin of the purple prickly cacti are from siciliy
their fruit is to die for
intially brought over from the spanish, who traded with sicily
and shipped their way to north america
fanned and most watching

Dec 3rd, 2011 at 11:48:47 PM PST by

Thank you for the information . I know that these Cactus are native to this area and was not imported. You can grow them from seed but you are forbidden to remove this plant here in the state from it's natural location in the Santa Rita Mountains . That is what makes it so RARE. Just a note This is the only time this cactus will be offered on Listia by me.

Dec 4th, 2011 at 8:00:38 AM PST by

can it be a houseplant?

Dec 4th, 2011 at 5:45:18 AM PST by

Yes you can have it can be a house plant.

Dec 4th, 2011 at 7:52:32 AM PST by

Yes it can be a house plant if you keep it trimmed back.

Dec 4th, 2011 at 7:53:39 AM PST by

awesome!! Iluv it.. fanned and watching

Dec 4th, 2011 at 8:12:21 AM PST by

Fanned as well

Dec 4th, 2011 at 9:07:23 PM PST by

this is one of the healthiest things in the world to eat, literally!! fanned and watching!!

Dec 4th, 2011 at 6:23:30 PM PST by

Yes it is one of the better things to eat.

Dec 4th, 2011 at 9:06:53 PM PST by

Say it ain't so! I know all of us watching can't win only one!! Love it! I wonder if you can eat the leaves/pads or just the fruit. I think nopalitas (sp?) are made from the green ones...F & W!

Dec 5th, 2011 at 3:44:52 PM PST by

Yes the pads are edible and chalked full of nutrients. napolitos. is a different cactus. I will have some very soon in march once the new pads come on. If you are interested we could make a deal on the side . private message me.

Dec 5th, 2011 at 9:28:00 PM PST by

One Rare Purple Prickly Pear pad is in the Home & Garden | Gardening | Gardening Seeds & Bulbs category