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Optunia
Rgardener1
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Ive just gone to check up on it and it has a bud? It's is located in my room next to a south facing window, is this rare for this this time of month?
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Do you mean Opuntia, the prickly pear cactus?
If it's indoors it might well start to grow now - but this year, who knows?!
btw, if it is prickly pear....
(this was in the Camargue a couple of years ago)
Think you'd need a cacti specialist to answer that Ryan. There's over 80 different types from all over the temperate to tropical regions of the world. But plenty of warmth suggests you should enjoy it as it is obviously doing.
Was it Ryan's Opuntia that gave rise to Hosta singing the whole of Bare Necessities on here not long ago?
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
I think I missed that... Hosta...?
The problem is that new pads look very similar to flower buds, so it could be either.
However, it should not be doing anything at this time of year because Opuntias and most other cacti need to be bone dry in Autumn and Winter. This will cause it to be dormant, then it will (hopefully) flower in late spring/summer.
This is the thread Steve ... it certainly looked like Hosta singing ...
http://www.gardenersworld.com/forum/plants/while-i-was-at-france-i-took-a-cuttingits-rooted-but-what-is-it/875617.html
you'll have to read through and find the link to the film ...
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.