Plant name: Santa Rita Prickly Pear  (Nopal)

Quantity - 8  pads 

Note: This   prickly pear is organically grown in Arizona.

Opuntia gosseliniana, commonly known as the violet pricklypear, is a species of cactus that is native to Pima County, Arizona in the United States and Baja California, Chihuahua, and Sonora in Mexico. Like most prickly pears, the pads are flat.

How to handle a prickly pear pads -

Use tongs to hold them while cleaning and planting them. Wear gloves and long sleeves while handling the cacti, because while they don’t have sharp spines, they may still have small glochids that can be a nuisance. (Glochids are tiny hair-like bristles that grow on the plant.)

How to plant the pads and care: 

The prickly pear pads should be dried and callused over a few days and then placed in the ground or a pot of soil.  Please place the pot into indirect or filtered sunlight for 4-6 weeks. Then water sparingly.  The cactus prefers evenly moist soil in summer, but it is drought tolerant.