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lewis
avid contributor & moderator
Number of posts: 852
Location: Melbourne
Registration date: 2008-05-07
 |  Subject: Opuntia compressa  Tue Feb 03, 2009 10:00 pm | |
| Is Opuntia compressa available in Aus?
It is apparently now synonymous with the common O.ficus-indica...? |
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Lachy
Moderator
Number of posts: 516
Location: Langwarrin
Registration date: 2008-04-04
| | Subject: Re: Opuntia compressa Wed Feb 04, 2009 1:11 am | |
| I believe that Opuntia compressa is synonymous with O. ficus-indica. However, desert-tropicals.com lists several varieties of O. compressa, which may or may not be within the country, and knowing our history with wayward Opuntiads, good luck on getting them in... |
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blowng
Calm and Collected
Number of posts: 187
Location: west australia
Registration date: 2008-10-28
| | Subject: Re: Opuntia compressa Tue Feb 24, 2009 1:11 pm | |
| im after them myself and have ordered seeds from v.viglasky... gosh ,  has anyone seen the results of grafting on to 2 year old seedlings of o.compressa? very impressive drool,drool..... |
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lewis
avid contributor & moderator
Number of posts: 852
Location: Melbourne
Registration date: 2008-05-07
| | Subject: Re: Opuntia compressa Wed Feb 25, 2009 12:49 pm | |
| | Quote: | | has anyone seen the results of grafting on to 2 year old seedlings of o.compressa? very impressive drool,drool..... |
yeah, that's why I started this thread. 
I like the way scions grafted to this stock look quite natural, not distorted. |
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MichaelCactus
Calm and Collected
Number of posts: 293
Location: Bendigo
Registration date: 2008-06-24
| | Subject: Re: Opuntia compressa Wed Feb 25, 2009 9:17 pm | |
| I was always under the impression it was ficus-india and compressa was a synonym for it? |
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trigonus
Admin & Cactus Fiend
Number of posts: 882
Location: coastal NSW 1°C - 40°C
Registration date: 2008-01-23
| | Subject: Re: Opuntia compressa Thu Feb 26, 2009 1:26 pm | |
| These are the synonyms I was able to locate:
Opuntia rafinesquei, Opuntia opuntia, Opuntia macrarthra, Opuntia humifusa or (O. numifusa?)
No O. ficus-indica mentioned that I can find.
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MichaelCactus
Calm and Collected
Number of posts: 293
Location: Bendigo
Registration date: 2008-06-24
| | Subject: Re: Opuntia compressa Thu Feb 26, 2009 6:14 pm | |
| Scientific Name: Opuntia ficus-indica (L.) Mill.Synonym: Opuntia cordobensis, Opuntia tuna-blanca,
Opuntia vulgaris, Platyopuntia vulgaris, Opuntia maxima, Cactus
opuntia, Cactus ficus-indica, Cactus compressus, Platyopuntia
cordobensis, Opuntia compressa |
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lewis
avid contributor & moderator
Number of posts: 852
Location: Melbourne
Registration date: 2008-05-07
| | Subject: Re: Opuntia compressa Thu Feb 26, 2009 9:35 pm | |
| Opuntia compressa IS now included in ficus-indica. however compressa appears to be much lower growing and smaller-padded than the 'true' ficus-indica. |
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Scooby
Number of posts: 18
Location: Australia
Registration date: 2009-11-09
| | Subject: Re: Opuntia compressa Tue Nov 10, 2009 1:42 am | |
| Opuntia compressa is an old name for Opuntia humifusa.
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Hellonasty
Admin
Number of posts: 913
Location: NSW
Registration date: 2008-04-04
| | Subject: Re: Opuntia compressa Tue Nov 10, 2009 9:27 pm | |
| Hi Scooby,
Do you have a source for your info ? How did you discover this ?
HN |
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Darren
Calm and Collected
Number of posts: 318
Location: adelaide but moving to monbulk
Registration date: 2009-09-07
| | Subject: Re: Opuntia compressa Tue Nov 10, 2009 9:53 pm | |
| all images i google on humifusa and compressa look like an enormous plant around the corner from my house in someones garden. it has very small p-ads and they look very thin... i have not plucked up the courage yet to ask for a cutting. i have some ficus indica and it it looks nothing like it, i also have opuntia microdaisys and another opuntia which i think may be subulata? but it has small elongated cylinder pads with long spines i have not yet identified this plant. i tried a graft but no success.  |
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Scooby
Number of posts: 18
Location: Australia
Registration date: 2009-11-09
| | Subject: Re: Opuntia compressa Tue Nov 10, 2009 9:56 pm | |
| Look at the http://www.efloras.org/ website for the currently accepted names. These are internationally recognized names for plants. Type in Opuntia humifusa in the search box for example and it will give you the synonyms and the name of the publication which contains the revision. Hope this helps.
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Scooby
Number of posts: 18
Location: Australia
Registration date: 2009-11-09
| | Subject: Re: Opuntia compressa Tue Nov 10, 2009 9:58 pm | |
| A word of warning. 90% of images on Google relating to Opuntia are incorrect. Same rule applies for many other cacti and succulents. The majority of Aloes on Google are wrong. I have photos of Opuntia humifusa (syn O. compressa) but have to work out how to post them. |
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Darren
Calm and Collected
Number of posts: 318
Location: adelaide but moving to monbulk
Registration date: 2009-09-07
| | Subject: Re: Opuntia compressa Tue Nov 10, 2009 10:06 pm | |
| i do it with a photobucket account and copy the link in try that |
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Scooby
Number of posts: 18
Location: Australia
Registration date: 2009-11-09
| | Subject: Re: Opuntia compressa Wed Nov 11, 2009 12:42 am | |
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