Species · genus Opuntia · Cactaceae

Texas Prickly Pear

Opuntia lindheimeri Engelm.

Also known as: Lindheimer's Prickly Pear · Nopal Prickly Pear · Cow's Tongue Prickly Pear

Growth habit

succulent shrub

Reference · O. lindheimeri

Cultivars of O. lindheimeri

The named forms growers keep — each with its own page, each honest about how much we know.

No named cultivars catalogued under O. lindheimeri yet. When growers document a stable, named form, it earns its own page here.

Guide

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Opuntia lindheimeri is a succulent shrub in the Cactaceae, building water-storing pads that let it endure long dry spells. Give it the brightest, most direct light you have and a gritty, fast-draining mix. Water deeply only once the soil has gone completely dry through the pot, then let it dry out fully again before the next watering.

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

Light

Direct sun

Water

≈ every 30 days

Humidity

Low — average room

Temperature

8–32 °C

Soil mix

Fast-draining cactus mix with coarse sand and grit

Propagation

Root a callused pad segment in dry mix

Fertilizing

Dilute low-nitrogen cactus feed once or twice in spring and summer

Growth rate

Moderate

Flowering

Rarely flowers indoors

ToxicityAuthoritative · species

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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Sources: ai:claude-opus-4-8 · ai:claude-opus-4-8 (range 14-30d) · ai:claude-fable-5

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