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Opuntia invicta 8 Pieces Seeds

Opuntia invicta 8 Pieces Seeds

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Opuntia invicta 8 Pieces Seeds 

Package : 8 seeds

Growing in grit with some water and lots of sun.

Native to Central Baja California, Mexico, Grusonia invicta (Corynopuntia invicta) is a mat forming cactus that grows approximately 20-50 cm high and up to 2m across (or more) with stout stems and very broad formidable spines.

Stems: Jointed, deep green ascending or spreading. Segments obovoid to club-shaped, up to 12 cm long. Strongly tuberculate
Tubercles: Large, flattened laterally, 3-4 cm long
Areoles: Large up to 1,5 cm in diameter with white wool
Glochids: Few white up to 4 mm long
Leaves: Linear, slightly curved, reddish and ephemeral, 8-14 mm long
Spines: Thick, sharp-pointed, straight and strongly flattened, that look like little daggers, 1-5 cm long, and are at first reddish or purple with bright carmine-red base, turning greyish-white and finally black.
Radial spines: 6-10
Central spines: 10-12 much stouter than the radials

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