Pereskia aculeata
1y 2mon ago by slrpnk.net/u/wolfyvegan in plants@mander.xyz from slrpnk.net
cross-posted from: https://slrpnk.net/post/20514746
photos by Lumicon
This plant should not be thriving in this environment. It is growing on compacted oxisol in an area that gets over 4 metres of rain. Yet here it is, growing completely out of control. Nothing makes sense. Climate change?
Amazing, that this is a cactus. Does it even have spines? I knew that some basal cacti have leaves, but I thought they all have spines at last.
Yes, there are spines! The stem has spines, and even the fruits have spines of a different sort. They aren't the fine spines that you would find on something like an Opuntia, but they are little prickly things nonetheless.