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Photo by TracyL
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TracyL
I think i may have seem some at one of the local supermarkets I'm going to try one if we have them,
Dan Doucette
doesn't matter where you live. they seem to travel far. I'm in Canada and they are often at my local supermarket, called prickly pear fruit. usually red.
TracyL
That's really cool i didn't know that. I'll have to look in my supermarket, we may not though i don't live in the south.
Dan Doucette
thats the fruit. some species are edible and quite good. sometimes you can find them at your local supermarket. some are used as dyes as well.
TracyL
do you know what the red that is coming off of some of it on the left is?
TracyL
Thanks I don't know what color the flowers are i only went to Texas for a week
Ashish
Opuntia elatior (if flowers are Yellow Orange coloured)
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PublishedMay 22, 2011

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