![Punotia lagopus in cultivation, Eigenes Werk](https://i0.wp.com/opuntiads.com/oblog/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/Austrocylindropuntia_lagopus-Eigenes-Werk.jpg?resize=800%2C700&ssl=1)
Category: Opuntiads
Opuntiads include prickly pears and chollas, as well as other Central and South American types of cacti. The genus, Opuntia, contains a large number of species that range from a few inches tall to trees. Learn more at Opuntia Web.
![Punotia lagopus in cultivation, Eigenes Werk](https://i0.wp.com/opuntiads.com/oblog/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/Austrocylindropuntia_lagopus-Eigenes-Werk.jpg?resize=800%2C700&ssl=1)
![Opuntia dulcis, Near Alamogordo, NM](https://i0.wp.com/opuntiads.com/oblog/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/opuntia-dulcis-alamo1a.jpg?resize=980%2C900&ssl=1)
Opuntia dulcis
![Opuntia engelmannii](https://i0.wp.com/opuntiads.com/oblog/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/opuntia-engelmannii-rockville-ut.jpg?resize=980%2C979&ssl=1)
Opuntia engelmannii
![Opuntia ammophila flower bud, Danny Green](https://i0.wp.com/opuntiads.com/oblog/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/Opuntia.ammophila-bud-1.jpg?resize=980%2C750&ssl=1)
Opuntia ammophila
![Various fungal cultures, David Midgley](https://i0.wp.com/opuntiads.com/oblog/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/fungal-cultures-david-midgley.jpg?resize=980%2C749&ssl=1)
Fungi Inside the Cacti in Arizona
![](https://i0.wp.com/opuntiads.com/oblog/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/Opuntia-seeds3.jpg?resize=770%2C669&ssl=1)
Opuntia Seeds Have an Aril
![Opuntia sulphurea](https://i0.wp.com/opuntiads.com/oblog/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/Opuntia-sulphurea-ch4.webp?resize=980%2C980&ssl=1)
Opuntia sulphurea
![Opuntia macrocentra, Matt Baker](https://i0.wp.com/opuntiads.com/oblog/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/opuntia-macrocentra-matt-baker.jpg?resize=980%2C800&ssl=1)
Floral Biology of Opuntia macrocentra
![Opuntia pyrocarpa](https://i0.wp.com/opuntiads.com/oblog/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/opuntia-pyrocarpa-DSC00036.jpg?resize=980%2C833&ssl=1)
Cacti from South and Central Texas
![Cyrnopuntia parishii](https://i0.wp.com/opuntiads.com/oblog/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/grusonia-clavata-DSC00021.jpg?resize=980%2C900&ssl=1)
Corynopuntia, Grusonia, Micropuntia
![](https://i0.wp.com/opuntiads.com/oblog/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/cyl-acanthocarpa-kerry-woodsb.jpg?resize=980%2C691&ssl=1)
Cylindropuntia acanthocarpa
![Opuntia cyclodes spines](https://i0.wp.com/opuntiads.com/oblog/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/opuntia-cyclodes-4b.jpg?resize=799%2C519&ssl=1)