Wheel cactus

Opuntia robusta

Flower name
Wheel cactus
Scientific name
Opuntia robusta
Alias食用団扇仙人掌, Wheel cactus, ウチワサボテン, オプンティア・ロブスタ, ダイオウウチワ
Place of originWest Indies
Place of floweringGarden
Flowering seasonJune, July, August

What is Wheel cactus

Wheel cactus, scientific name:Opuntia robusta , is a herbaceous and shrub of the Department Cactaceae, of Opuntia Cactus perennial native to West Indies. No, because the Cactus leaf has degenerated. Cooking fan area and known as the fruit is edible. Stem band white turquoise round, fleshy, spines.
Summer yellow flowers bloom in the shoot apex.

Common name: Wheel cactus, scientific name:Opuntia robusta, also known as:Wheel cactus, edible prickly pear cactus, Opuntia Robusta, origin: West Indies, Environment: sunny, well-drained location dry, stem diameter: 30 cm, stem shape: round, stem thickness: 2 cm, stem surface spines of at 5 cm. Flowering period: June - August, flower color: yellow, flowers bloom: Apex