Species · genus Opuntia · Cactaceae
Ellisiana
Opuntia cacanapa Griffiths & Hare
Also known as: Spineless Prickly Pear · Tiger Tongue
Cultivars of O. cacanapa
The named forms growers keep — each with its own page, each honest about how much we know.
No named cultivars catalogued under O. cacanapa yet. When growers document a stable, named form, it earns its own page here.
Guide
The species-level account. Cultivar pages build on this and say where they differ.
Opuntia cacanapa is a prickly pear in the cactus family (Cactaceae), a group of arid-adapted plants that store water in their pads and rot if kept wet. Give it the brightest, sunniest spot you have and a gritty, fast-draining mix. Water deeply but infrequently, letting the soil dry out completely; wait until the mix is bone dry and the pads look slightly firm rather than plump before watering again.
Care recipe
The species record — the baseline every cultivar inherits unless it says otherwise.
Care notes are early — not yet verified
- Light
- ai:claude-opus-4-8
- Water
- ai:claude-opus-4-8 (range 14-30d)
- Humidity
- ai:claude-opus-4-8
- Soil
- ai:claude-fable-5
- Care
- ai:claude-fable-5
Direct sun
≈ every 30 days
Low — average room
7–35 °C
Sharp, gritty cactus mix with excellent drainage
Rooting pads after the cut end has callused
Dilute cactus feed once or twice through summer
Moderate
Yellow flowers in early summer with strong light
Not yet documented
This is where toxicity lives — every cultivar of this species inherits it and none can override it.
Reference images
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No reference gallery yet
A few clear photos — habit, a mature leaf, a flower if it blooms — would give this page its eyes.
Add imagesSources: ai:claude-opus-4-8 · ai:claude-opus-4-8 (range 14-30d) · ai:claude-fable-5
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