Opuntia engelmannii Pad cutting inventory-hero-monitored It can handle direct sunlight

It can handle direct sunlight

and other beneficial insects in outdoor or greenhouse settings

slightly to conspicuously undulate

fleshy bony ridge stems that grow in a zigzag manner with floral leaves

When exposed to direct sun for at least 5-6 hours a day

Opuntia engelmannii Pad cutting inventory-hero-monitored It can handle direct sunlightI pad of Opuntia engelmannii Opuntia engelmannii is a prickly pear common across the south central and Southwestern United States and northern Mexico. It goes by a variety of common names, including cow's tongue cactus, cow tongue prickly pear, desert prickly pear, discus prickly pear, Engelmann's prickly pear, and Texas prickly pear in the US, and nopal, abrojo, joconostle, and vela de coyote in Mexico. The nomenclatural history of this species is