Opuntia rufidaEngelm .
Blind Pear , Blind Prickly Pear , Cinnamon Cactus , Cinnamon Bunny Ears , Cinnamon Pear , Clock Face Cactus , moo-cow Blinder , Red Bunny Ears
Opuntia henfeldtii , Opuntia herrfeldtii , Opuntia lubrica , Opuntia microdasyssubsp.rufida , Opuntia microdasysvar.rufida , Opuntia rufidavar.tortiflora
A mature plant with flowers in various stages of opening. In habitat, San Pedro, Coahuila, Mexico. Derivative of a photo byAd Konings. Used underCC BY-NC 4.0. This work is licensed under the same license as the original photo by World of Succulents.
Family : CactaceaeSubfamily : OpuntioideaeTribe : OpuntieaeGenus : Opuntia
The specific name " rufida " ( pronounced " ROO - fee - duh " ) means " becoming cerise " and bear on to the reddish - brown glochids .
The common name " Blind Prickly Pear " bear on to the tendency for the glochids to shed into the eyes of shaving cattle that bump against the plant .
Close-up of pads with buds and flowers. In habitat, Brewster County, Texas, United States. Derivative of a photo byAd Konings. Used underCC BY-NC 4.0. This work is licensed under the same license as the original photo by World of Succulents.
Opuntia rufidais aboriginal to the Big Bend area of southwestern Texas , United States , and the Chihuahuan Desert of northernMexico .
Opuntia rufida , formerly jazz asOpuntia microdasyssubsp.rufida , is a many - branchedcactuswith a short body and stems jointed into fatheaded , fleshy , grayish - green tablet with legion reddish - brown glochidium densely arrayed at areoles . It can grow up to 5 foot ( 1.5 m ) tall . The stem segment are circular , elliptic , or obovate . They are up to 10 in ( 25 cm ) long and nearly equal in width . The glochids become gray with age . The vertebral column are absent .
The flowers are yellow and change to apricot or red with historic period . They appear in leaping and can progress to up to 4 inches ( 10 centimeter ) in distance and are nearly equal in diam . The fruit are obovate , flushed with green pulp , and can mature up to 1.4 inch ( 3.5 cm ) longsighted and 0.9 inches ( 2.3 cm ) in diam .
Close-up of the glochids. In habitat, Brewster County, Texas, United States. Derivative of a photo byAd Konings. Used underCC BY-NC 4.0. This work is licensed under the same license as the original photo by World of Succulents.
This mintage is often confused withOpuntia microdasys .
USDA hardiness zones9a to 11b : from 20 ° F ( -6.7 ° 100 ) to 50 ° F ( 10 ° hundred ) .
A spot near a south - veneer , unobstructed window will most likely contact Bunny Ears Cactus ’s need for bright , direct sun . Windows with western or eastern exposure run as the second and third choices . While an actively growing Bunny Ears Cactus brook indoor summer temperatures as high as 100 ° F ( 38 ° C ) , do n’t anticipate it to flower unless you also cater wintertime temperatures between 45 ° fluorine and 55 ° F ( 7 ° C and 13 ° one C ) . Regardless of the season , it like humidness in the 10 to 30 percent mountain range . in conclusion , if none of your windows provide adequate ignitor , place the plant 6 to 12 inches ( 15 to 30 curium ) below a coolheaded white fluorescent thermionic tube for 14 to 16 hours daily .
Close-up of a pad with fruits. In habitat, Brewster County, Texas, United States. Derivative of a photo byAd Konings. Used underCC BY-NC 4.0. This work is licensed under the same license as the original photo by World of Succulents.
The potting soil must run out quickly . employ a commercial cactus potting mix ormix your own . The well container for your cactus is a clay flowerpot , slightly larger and deeper than the flora ’s root system of rules . It must have drain holes because a pot without them or a locoweed that ’s too with child could make proper watering impossible .
Learn more atHow to Grow and Care for Opuntia .
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