General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Shrub
Tree
Cactus/Succulent
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun to Partial Shade
Fruit: Showy
Flowers: Showy
Suitable Locations: Xeriscapic
Uses: Will Naturalize
Edible Parts: Fruit
Resistances: Deer Resistant
Drought tolerant
Propagation: Seeds: Needs specific temperature: 68-86 degrees
Start indoors
Can handle transplanting
Other info: Seeds may be extremely slow to germinate
Propagation: Other methods: Cuttings: Stem
Layering
Other: Individual pads form new plants; they must dry and callous for 10 days before planting
Containers: Needs excellent drainage in pots
Miscellaneous: Tolerates poor soil

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Common names
  • Galapagos Prickly Pear
  • Prickly Pear
Botanical names
  • Accepted: Opuntia galapageia
  • Synonym: Opuntia echios
  • Synonym: Opuntia insularis
  • Synonym: Opuntia helleri
  • Synonym: Opuntia megasperma

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Location: Botanical Garden of Berlin
Date: 2022-06-08
Location: Botanical Garden of Berlin
Date: 2022-06-08

photo credit: H. Zell
Location: National Botanical Garden, DC, Virginia :) | May, 2022
Date: 2022-05-28
Location: BG Berlin (Germany)
Date: 2015-11-16
Location: Galapagos Islands, Ecuador
Date: 2019-12-08
Location: South Plaza Island, Galapagos, Ecuador
Date: 2019-12-09
Location: BG Berlin (Germany)
Date: 2015-11-16

credit: Haplochromis
Discussion Threads about this plant
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Move this under opuntia echios by skopjecollection May 22, 2020 4:20 AM 4

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