Cylindropuntia Species, Coastal Cholla, Jumping Cholla (Cylindropuntia prolifera)

by palmbob Mar 17, 2009 5:03 AM

The trunk, after many years in the seering heat.

The fruit, spinage & stem segments.

A better shot of the fruit & spinage. Late October.

Blooming in mid-late April, late Spring, zone 9a/9b

Cylindropuntia prolifera syn. Opuntia prolifera (Jumping Cholla)

southern California

Flowering in mid-July, coastal Baja California

In natural habitat - San Diego County, California

Desert Botanical Gardens. The buds in mid April, Springtime, zone 9a/9b. This photo was originally posted here on July 28, 2005

Desert Botanical Gardens. Blooming in mid-late April, late Spring, zone 9a/9b. This photo was originally posted here on August 14, 2005

In Arizona at Destination:Forever Ranch and Gardens, a 40 acre desert botanical garden and sustainable living homestead in the Arizona desert with a nursery. Photo courtesy of Jan Emming Copyright of Jan Emming.

Photo courtesy of Ken Blackford. Copyright Ken Blackford. San Diego, Ca.

Cabrillo National Monument. Photo courtesy of Ken Blackford. Copyright Ken Blackford. San Diego, Ca.

In situ near El Rosario, Baja California. Photo courtesy and copyright of Michelle Cloud-Hughes, Proprietor at Desert Solitaire Botany and Ecological Restoration, from San Diego, California.

Photo courtesy and copyright of Michelle Cloud-Hughes, Proprietor at Desert Solitaire Botany and Ecological Restoration, from San Diego, California.

San Clemente Island. Photo courtesy and copyright of Michelle Cloud-Hughes, Proprietor at Desert Solitaire Botany and Ecological Restoration, from San Diego, California.