Opuntia compressa
spineless variety
Photographer: Larry E. Shambaugh
Owner: Larry E. Shambaugh
Location: Lawrence, Kansas
Date: 1995
Reference: Ben M.Haines, Handbook of Cold Climate Cacti and Succulents
Source:
Diameter: 8 cm (width)
Height: 19 cm (length)
Age: 4 years
I started this patch in 1991 with 4 pads. It now covers a space 4
ft wide by 3 ft deep. This varity is spineless with solid Sulfur
yellow flowers and dark green pads. Also known as O.humifusa. I
have some of it 5 pads in length. New growth arches up at about a
45 deg angle.
spineless variety