Wishlist: For someone to breed a glochid-free Opuntia
Opuntias have managed to evolve the worst and most terrifying spines out of any (non-toxic) living organism.
(And yet I still feel the urge to poke mine every now and then on the stems.)
People have successfully bred out the spines out of Opuntias in the past….. glochids on the other hand I’m not as sure. However I do agree that a glochidless cultivars/variety would be heaven for multiple reasons.
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