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Hybrid Opunta Spineless Cactus
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The listing, Hybrid Opunta Spineless Cactus has ended.

This auction is for one pad of a Spineless Hybrid Opunta Cactus (Prickly Pear). This plant makes a nice, no care required, blue-green addition to your landscape! This Opunta hybrid (aka Prickly Pear) has been developed by Texas A & M to have zero large spines.
There are large lemon yellow blooms in the Spring, followed by ruby red fruit. Both the fruit and the plant are edible! The fruit makes an excellent jelly or jam and the pads (nopales) are organic and can be prepared in a number of ways. Long a food staple in Mexico, they are used both raw or cooked. Recently, they have been found to be a super food in lowering cholesterol.
Plant your cutting (which will be a large pad, approx. 7" long) in a sunny window and transfer outside in the Spring and plant in full sun. It can withstand an occasional freeze but nothing prolonged.

I can send a PayPal invoice to cover shipping.
Questions & Comments
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Does that mean it still has small thorns....i'm looking for a totally thornless variety......thanks
Feb 23rd, 2013 at 12:08:18 PM PST by
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It is totally thornless. It does have tiny little tuft bumps that are finer than hair. (That's what the bumps are in the photo. Where it would've had thorns there are rubbery looking (and feeling) fake thorns that fall off each Spring because it's a Hybrid.
Feb 23rd, 2013 at 12:15:36 PM PST by
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If i was to bid on both you auctions and won both would you combine shipping for a lower shipping cost?
Feb 25th, 2013 at 8:31:50 AM PST by
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I charge whatever they would cost to mail. They weigh around a pound each and one costs around $3 to mail. (The last one I mailed was $2.97).
Feb 25th, 2013 at 11:27:42 AM PST by

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