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Opuntia pinkavae

A low, spreading prickly pear of the high plateaus along the Arizona–Utah border, growing in sandy and rocky ground among grassland and pinyon-juniper scrub. It wants full sun, a cold dry winter with hard frosts and a hot summer with monsoon showers; treat it as a hardy outdoor cactus rather than a windowsill plant.

Opuntia pinkavae
Photo: Frank Vincentz, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
At home, aim for
Day IntermediateTargets in Plantistry
Night Close to the dayTargets in Plantistry
Humidity Dry airBand in Plantistry
Light Full sunDLI and PPFD in Plantistry
Expects a seasonal restGrows in the ground

Where it grows wild

Open sandy flats, slickrock edges and rocky slopes in desert grassland, sagebrush and pinyon-juniper woodland on the Colorado Plateau, fully exposed to sun.

Recorded from about 940 to 2,400 m, most often near 1,550 m.

ArizonaUtah

🔒 Growing it like that

The wild conditions above, turned into targets for a shelf, a tent or a greenhouse. The full profile has:

✓ Day and night temperature targets, and the limits it tolerates
✓ Humidity band, and how to hold it
✓ Light as DLI and PPFD for a grow light
✓ Wet and dry seasons, and whether to rest it
✓ Substrate and airflow
✓ A step-by-step setup to grow it like the wild

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Profiles are drafts built from measured range and climate and from published sources; each section carries its own confidence in the app. Photo from Wikimedia Commons, used under its CC BY-SA 3.0 licence, unmodified.