Photos of hardy Opuntia hybrids, dryfruited

Pictures from Benny's cactus garden

Opuntia hybrids, Dry fruited species.

#228C Opuntia fragilis forma denudata 'PINK FLOWERS'
South West Utah, it has almost no spines.
This one must be a hybrid, since Opuntia fragilis only have yellow flowers, or yellow with red to orange center

#226 Opuntia fragilis Hybrid
from Kansas, grown from seeds sown 1991, seeds from Christa's Cactus #1684,
flat dark green pad, pink flower with orange stamens.
Growing in an unprotected bed.

#29 Opuntia 'Smithwick'
South Dakota.
Opuntia polyacantha X Opuntia fragilis.
Originally collected by Claude Barr. This is without question the best hardy cactus!

# 974 Opuntia fragilis "Wenatchee"

Plants in habitat:
Photos by Dixie A. Dringman © 1999

#35 Opuntia 'Budapest'
It's VERY hardy and has survived many hard and long Danish winters.

#1 Opuntia 'Haestrup'
Opuntia ' Smithwick ' X Opuntia ' Budapest ' made by Benny Moeller Jensen.

#97 Opuntia 'Georg Sydow'
Opuntia fragilis and Opuntia polyacantha var. rhodantha, made by Georg Sydow.

#28 Opuntia fragilis 'Flora Rosea'
Hybrid of unknown origin.
In Denmark it's a shy bloomer, but at one of my friends in Lakewood Colorado, it blooms well with pink-rose flowers.

Photos by Lary J. Junge, Colorado © .

#40 Opuntia 'Hybrid'
The female parent is Opuntia polyacantha var. rhodantha. made by Georg Sydow.

#976 Opuntia fragilis ‘ b‘
(Opuntia fragilis X macrorhiza)
Kansas.
Cutting from LaMar Orton 1998 #OFFB01.

#92 Opuntia fragilis hybrid
Canada Peace River, Alberta.
Sown 1987, fh 902.
Small flat pads with yellow spines

You might also want to see the special web page about Opuntia hybrids natures own and man made!

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