Hi everybody, glad the shelledwarriors is now back
I feed my tortoises a complete pellets free diet (nothing against it, but it was my decision), 90% of it its wild plants/weeds, 5% supermarket greens and the final 5% succulents and cacti I plant myself.
I started with 1-2 opuntias, but I think I got addicted to them now.. I have +40 opuntias now.. lol. they are really great cacti, grow fast and are a good addition to their diet.
Some of them are hardy in the uk, others not so hardy, so i've them in greenhouses.
Here're some pics of some of them
OPUNTIA HUMIFUSA - hardy in the uk. ( I have tons of these outside now)
Cilindropuntia - hardy
OPUNTIA VULGARIS
OPUNTIA LINGUIFORMIS
OPUNTIA FICUS INDICA
OPUNTIA SUBULATA
OPUNTIA BRAZILIENSIS
OPUNTIA CONSOLEA MACRACANTHA
OPUNTIA CONSOLEA RUBESCENS
OPUNTIA NOPAL
OPUNTIA SANGUINOCOLA
OPUNTIA PRICKLEY PEAR - this one is the one comercially used in america for nopales and for the fruit
OPUNTIA ROBUSTA
OPUNTIA LITORALIS
OPUNTIA TUNA
OPUNTIA BASILARIS
OPUNTIA MICRODASYS
OPUNTIA BABY RITA
OPUNTIA AURIANTRICA
OPUNTIA MONOCANTHA
OPUNTIA ?????? (this one I dont know)
OPUNTIA MACRACENTRA (and behind the leftovers of a spineless opuntia thorntons blue that my tortoises destroyed
--- trying to regrow it.. )
OPUNTIA TOMENTOSA
OPUNTIA VIOLACEA SANTA RITA
OPUNTIA ROBUSTA (another kind different from the other ones)
OPUNTIA GRANDIS
OPUNTIA BERGERIANA
OPUNTIA QUITENSIS
then I also have aloes, desert sedums, gasterias, echeverias, agaves, etc..
I now I'm trying to grow also hottentot fig
i think I'm addicted to opuntias indeed.. lol