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Unusual twisted pads with bright yellow glochids.

Cultivation: They are easy to culture. require full sun to partial shade with a well-drained soil mix. The plants are watered and allowed to dry thoroughly before watering again. During the winter months, the plants enjoy a cold place where the temperature is dropped to 5-10° C, but hardy to -5° C for short periods of time if very dry. During this period water only enough to keep the pads from shriveling.
 

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Some cladodes show a well marked line crest.

Propagation: Cuttings taken at any time in the growing season. Remove a pad from the plant and then leave it in a dry sunny place for a couple of days to ensure that the base is thoroughly dry and has begun to callous. Pot up into a porous compost. Very easy, rooting within a month.

Photo of conspecific taxa, varieties, forms and cultivars of Opuntia microdasys.

• Opuntia microdasys "albata"
• Opuntia microdasys cv. CARESS
• Opuntia microdasys "contorta"

All the information and photos in cactus art files are now available also in the new the Enciclopedia of Cacti. We hope you find this new site informative and useful.