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Mon, Sep 7, 09 at 19:18
| Spiny as all get out, it is a trailing vine like plant. It is supposed to get nice white flowers and yellow edible fruit, however it has never done so for me in New Orleans. I cut a great deal off of my mother's plant.
http://www.hort.purdue.edu/newcrop/morton/barbados_gooseberry.html http://www.plantoftheweek.org/week454.shtml http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.desert-tropicals.com/Pl ants/Cactaceae/Pereskia_aculeata.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.desert-tropi cals.com/Plants/Cactaceae/Pereskia_aculeata.html&h=413&w=250&sz=12&tbn id=etXJyL4RxHvIdM:&tbnh=125&tbnw=76&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dpereskia%2Bacul eata&hl=en&usg=__1eaKBoq_Kd7QuV23wmF07h6rQ0Q=&ei=bZSlSvW1Joyy8Qap94XPD w&sa=X&oi=image_result&resnum=1&ct=image |
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| Is this the one that looks like a nest of furry snakes? I think they have one at the cactus greenhouse at Fort Worth Botanical Gardens. How big is your cactus? |
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- Posted by serenitymoon 7a (My Page) on Sat, Sep 12, 09 at 23:56
| My Grandmother had that growing in the valley. I never knew it was a cactus though, hmmm. Do you take it inside in the winter? |
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| so it does not look like furry snakes. |
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