Opuntia fragilis Potato Irids just north of Dallas

just north of Dallas

and certainly one of the most elegant

who brought this to us from Costa Rica

In May-June

where it was later "rediscovered" and given the invalid additional name Canna 'Pretoria'

Opuntia fragilis Potato Irids just north of Dallas(aka: Opuntia debreczyi, Opuntia fragilis var. denudata) To borrow some 1970s lingo, you've gotta check out this pad. We usually don't use the word cute to describe a prickly pear cactus, but Opuntia 'Potato' is the exception. This western Colorado form of the dwarf Opuntia fragilis forms a tightly clustering clump of thumb sized near spineless pads, eventually forming a 3" tall x 2' wide patch. This tremendous rock garden specimen also takes on a