This is a beautiful mat forming cactus that grows approximately 20-50 cm high and up to 2 m across (or more) with stout stems and very broad formidable spines.
Freely clustering succulent with miniature pads. It has no spines, but instead has numerous white hair-like glochids 2-3 mm long in dense clusters. O. microdasys may look soft and touchable, but don't!
Also known as “Joseph's Coat” is one of the very few naturally occurring white-variegated cacti. As its name suggests, this cactus is variegated or marbled with white, creamy-white, yellow, green and sometimes also with pink in varying patterns.
Opuntia erinacea has small elliptic to obovate segments. The spines are numerous, bristly, spreading and curling in all direction. The flowers are yellow in summer.
Opuntia Quitensis is a bushy species formed by small bright green segments. The orange to bright red flowers create a wonderful contrast to the green of the segments, giving this plant a truly exotic look overall.
