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Nopalea grande
Nopaleana cochinillifera

This is one of our best plants.
These are the ones we hold out as the epitome of great fresh cactus leaf eating.
These are highly productive leaves, but they are frost tender, sustaining damage at 32 degrees.
In the summer they like steady water for maximum production,
but they will put out 'a steady progression of leaves,
with extra heavy 'flushes' of fresh leaves every couple of months

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We sell the mature unrooted leaf cuttings
of Nopalea grande for fifteen dollars per leaf
Most of the N grande leaves are nearly a foot long
they are billed as two pounds shipping weight

Unrooted Nopalea Grande cuttings
Qty: Price: $15.00

Five dollar handling charge
added per order

 

 

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Opuntia ficus-indica variety 'Santa Ynez

This is one of our finest plants.
It has good leaves that are greatly loved by many of the local people.
It also has very excellent fruits, but takes four or five years to yield well.
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It is a bit spiny, and is best for people who have some experience with harvesting cactus. But it is a good plant for dual use. It has a great fruit that is among our favorite, and is very close to being glochid free when fully mature

Unrooted Leaf Cuttings
usually over one foot long
$15.00 each
3 pounds shipping weight

Unrooted Opuntia 'Santa Ynez' cutting
Qty: Price: $15.00

Five dollar handling charge
added per order

 

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Santa Ynez fruit is very sweet

 

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Opuntia ficus-indica variety 'Lynnwood'

If you want a mix of fast growing, dark green,
upright leaves reaching for the sky, and some fairly spiny leaves for dinner,
this is a good plant for you.
This plant grows so fast it is likely to reach six feet tall in two years.
The fruit from this variety is very spiny, but the fruits are a deep reddish orange color, and are very tasty and sweet.
This variety also comes into fruit faster than the others we sell.

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Unrooted Leaf Cuttings
usually over one foot long
$12.00 each
3 pounds shipping weight

 

Unrooted Opuntia 'Lynnwood' cutting
Qty: Price: $12.00

 

 

Five dollar handling charge
added per order

 

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Each leaf will have some thin spines which scrape off easily with a kitchen knife, similar to scaling a fish. The leaves are in the classic 'cow tongue' shape, long pads ending in a rounded point, tasty leaves indeed.

 

 

 

 

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The fruit from this variety is very spiny, but the fruits are a deep orange to a reddish color, and are very tasty and sweet. This variety also comes into fruit faster than the others we sell.

 

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Opuntia galapagaia

A beautiful bluish-hued Opuntia from the Galapagos Islands.
These plants have a very striking yellow flower.
They are breathtaking
Usually near 8 inches across

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Unrooted Leaf Cuttings:
$20.00 each
2 pounds shipping weight

Unrooted Opuntia Galapagaia cutting
Qty: Price: $20.00

Five dollar handling charge
added per order

 

 

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Opuntia robusta 'spineless'

This Opuntia is called 'Robusta' for its huge robust size.
It has the nickname 'Dinner Plate'.
When we harvest these, the leaves are often nearly a foot wide, and three quarters of an inch thick.
They have a pretty waxy coating with a blue tint...
it is called 'glaucus' and is a way the plant helps protect itself from the hot dry summers.
This particular variety is called 'spineless', but it's not 100% so.
And it does have glochids still, so must be handled with caution,
we always wear thick dishwashing gloves when handling them.

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A young Robusta

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We wiped the glaucus coating off
to show the smooth skin

When we are harvesting these for sale,
the leaves are often over a foot each direction


Unrooted Leaf Cuttings:
$20.00 each
4 pounds shipping weight

Update:Due to the spring growth
on the mature leaves,
we cannot harvest for cuttings
at this time....
we expect to be able to harvest
by mid June

 

Five dollar handling charge
added per order

 

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Opuntia robusta 'spiny'

This Opuntia is related to the 'spineless' robusta above.
As with the other variety, the leaves are often nearly a foot wide, and three quarters of an inch thick.
These plants are spiny spiny spiny!
Don't plant these if you're gonna have kids running around... they are dangerous!
We can neither confirm nor deny that we sell these for security measures.
The only way to handle this type of leaf is with about twenty layers of newspaper sheets,
the thick mass will protect you pretty well from the terrible spines on this plant.

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When we are harvesting these for sale,
the leaves are often over a foot each direction


Unrooted Leaf Cuttings:
$20.00 each
4 pounds shipping weight

 

Unrooted Opuntia robusta spiny cutting
Qty: Price: $20.00

Five dollar handling charge
added per order

  
   

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This is the fruit of this plant
Dangerously spiny!
A hard spray can wash many of the spines away
The juice from this fruit is blood red

  

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