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alfredo

(60,071 posts) Sun Dec 8, 2013, 05:51 PM Dec 2013

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Why am I craving glazed donuts?

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Why am I craving glazed donuts? (Original Post) alfredo Dec 2013 OP

Oh, that does not look good. Curmudgeoness Dec 2013 #1

The Prickly Pear is native to this region. alfredo Dec 2013 #2

What I find amazing is how the cactus adheres to the artificial boundaries of the state lines. RC Dec 2013 #3

Cactus is the guardian of the underworld. alfredo Dec 2013 #4

Interesting map. Curmudgeoness Dec 2013 #5

That is the Pear of the Prickly Pear. It didn't fall off like the other ones. alfredo Dec 2013 #6

Curmudgeoness

(18,219 posts)

1. Oh, that does not look good.

Reply to alfredo (Original post)

Sun Dec 8, 2013, 06:28 PM

Dec 2013

Actually, the photo is great, but the ice doesn't. Will that kill the cactus? Probably killed the bud.

alfredo

(60,071 posts)

2. The Prickly Pear is native to this region.

Reply to Curmudgeoness (Reply #1)

Sun Dec 8, 2013, 11:09 PM

Dec 2013

https://www.prairiemoon.com/seeds/wildflowers-ferns-cactus/opuntia-humifusa-eastern-prickly-pear.html

RC

(25,592 posts)

3. What I find amazing is how the cactus adheres to the artificial boundaries of the state lines.

Reply to alfredo (Reply #2)

Mon Dec 9, 2013, 01:14 AM

Dec 2013

How does it know?

alfredo

(60,071 posts)

4. Cactus is the guardian of the underworld.

Reply to RC (Reply #3)

Mon Dec 9, 2013, 04:29 PM

Dec 2013

Their union reps did the lines.

Curmudgeoness

(18,219 posts)

5. Interesting map.

Reply to alfredo (Reply #2)

Mon Dec 9, 2013, 09:15 PM

Dec 2013

I have never seen it as far north as PA, but it looks like it goes a lot further north. And I do a lot of hiking around. But I sure did see a ton of it when I lived in Texas.

So, in your photo, that was not a bud?

alfredo

(60,071 posts)

6. That is the Pear of the Prickly Pear. It didn't fall off like the other ones.

Reply to Curmudgeoness (Reply #5)

Mon Dec 9, 2013, 11:42 PM

Dec 2013

http://howthingstaste.com/2011/06/01/what-does-a-cactus-or-prickly-pear-fruit-taste-like/

The ones I ate in Eritrea were larger than a C battery.

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