Opuntia ficus/Prickly Pear where to find cuttings?

[giulio78]

Hello I'm looking for Opuntia ficus/Prickly Pear cuttings to grow my own.

Preferably in southern Thailand.

I saw them growing once in north-west but i was on a bus and couldn't stop.

Thanks in advance.

[kikoman]

I live outside of Nakhon Sawan in Central Thailand, Have prickly pear growing in my yard, I do not know about the Opuntia Ficus, but it is prickly pear.

As I was born and raised in the Sonoran Desert area of North American, The Castus is like having a little bit of Sonora in my home in Thailand!

Cheers

[soidog2]

I have a tiny one; I managed to grow it from Arizona seeds.

[giulio78]

kikoman: did you get any edible fruit out of them? i was pretty close to you (nakhom pathom) and today i just came back to south. bad luck. if you are willing to share a cutting i will probably be around central again in 2/3 months

thanks!

[fvw53]

It is the subspecie Opuntia Ficus Indica which has great value to grow as an agricultural crop in dry regions of the world

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opuntia_ficus-indica

[giulio78]

yeah that's the one... different names in different part of the world... in italy we call it indian fig, in nothern europe i think they call it cactus fruit, in US prickly pear etc etc

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opuntia

pics of the actual peeled fruit: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Prickly_pears.jpg

[kikoman]

kikoman: did you get any edible fruit out of them? i was pretty close to you (nakhom pathom) and today i just came back to south. bad luck. if you are willing to share a cutting i will probably be around central again in 2/3 months thanks!

No, we have not had any Cactus pears (tuna's in Mexico) as of yet , I was also wondering if the young tender pads were eatable as the one I have eaten in Arizona and Sonora, I believe all species are eatable!

You are welcome to drop by and get some cuttings of my cactus, to bad you could not come now as I have Two 3 pad cuttings I just cut off, as it was growing over the walk way. I could not give you more then 3 or 4 (2) pad cuttings until they grow a lot more. That is what I started with.

Contact me, before you can make the trip.

Cheers

[giulio78]

kikoman:

mmmh now i want them

have you got a post office close by? do you think the cuttings will survive 4/5 days in a box?

[kikoman]

They should , the closes Post office is 12 kilometers away and they have already been off about 3 days already!

Maybe worth a try?

Cheers

[giulio78]

kikoman: sorry i was without internet for couple of days, now it's too late for sure.

Thanks a lot anyway. I will contact you again when i am around central thailand.

[kikoman]

kikoman: sorry i was without internet for couple of days, now it's too late for sure.

Thanks a lot anyway. I will contact you again when i am around central thailand

They Started turning yellow, so I had to plant them!

The offer is still open, when you come to central Thailand next time let me known and I will give you some cuttings. They will give cactus pears this year, see attached picture

Cheers,