Opuntia rhodantha pad cutting

Opuntia rhodantha grand mesa peach

This low shrubby spreading perennial plant is covered by very dense espination and you will be rewarder when it gets full of this beautiful peach color flowers. It will grow many branches, up to 10-20 cm centimetres tall, usually forming small clumps or mats of pads which may be 2-3 metres wide.

Blooming season: Late spring to early summer, for 3-4 weeks. Individual flowers open from 7-11 hours per day.

Some of the information in this description has been found at desert-tropicals.com, llifle.com and cactus-art.biz