Pricklypear Cactus Flower
by Paul Rebmann
Title
Pricklypear Cactus Flower
Artist
Paul Rebmann
Medium
Photograph - Photograph
Description
The flower of a pricklypear cactus. Based on the location and characteristics, the species is Opuntia pollardii. This photograph was made in the Graham Swamp Preserve in Flagler County, Florida.
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Beautiful Flowers Group
Pollard's Prickypear cactus occurs in coastal areas at elevations of less than 30m (100 ft.). The range is limited to Florida, Alabama and Mississippi.
This species was named for Charles Louis Pollard (1872-1945), who in 1896 while Assistant Curator for the United States National Museum collected the specimen that became the O. pollardii isotype in Harrison County (near Biloxi), Mississippi. Pollard was author of The Families of Flowering Plants, a supplement to The Plant World, Volumes II, IV & V (1900-1902). In that publication he described the characteristics of typical cactus "... the great majority have swollen, spherical, jointed or angular stems, with practically no leaves whatever, the latter being represented by minute spines and their place being taken by clusters of sharp spines. The flowers are usually regular, with a calyx of numerous combined sepals, and a corolla of numerous petals. The stamens, which have very long filaments, are also innumerable. The ovary is one-celled with a single style and several stigmas. The fruit is fleshy and frequently edible, with a pleasant sub-acid flavor."
(Subject description from the artist's Wild Florida Photo website www.wildflphoto.com)
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November 17th, 2017
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