u/hillbillycactus

These are on somebody’s land but this area has tons of them and you can even find them having seeded themselves on vacant land and edges of woods where nobody lives

Aka the Florida prickly pear or the devils tongue they stay fairly small and thrive in full sun to a decent amount of shade beneath tree cover. They have quite a small range but where they are common 40 ish minutes west of Okeechobee they are impossible to count! All parts of the plant are edible however it produces lots of glochids as well as long barbed spines which can be annoying to get out.

Pollinated them all with each other to see if I can get some seeds

Pic 1+2 sharxx blue x Althea
Pic 3+4 tbma x ???
Pic 5+6 blue mystic x bridgesii

The tiny 1 is is rooted and pupping! They also go by opuntia pulsila.

Endemic to Florida and stays fairly small! Good for pots. These are in the ground though..

She just came home and I was worried it might be exposed bone or something maybe the vet didnt notice sorry if in just freaking out I never had to do anything like this before

Stays fairly small