USA, Arizona, Yavapai County, Maricopa County: Grown in cultivation at Desert Botanical Garden, Phoenix, N 33 deg 27' 33'', W 111 deg 56' 35'', 1200 ft., 366 m: accession number 1990 0251 0103; originally received as a pad collected by Patrick Quirk, 22 November 1985, from Arizona, Yavapai County, Hassayampa River; altitude 1341, grid section 9, T 11 N, R3W; originally received as Opuntia macrorhiza, name changed to Opuntia sp. then changed back.
34.310916 -112.569134 +-969m.
TRS: T11N R3W
408 meters
1341ft.
Cultivation in Sonoran Desert
Flower diameter 60-65 mm, length 80 mm; stigma lobe 7-9, yellow-green; outer perianth pale yellow with green or reddish midstripe; inner perianth bright yellow with burnt orange and pink at base. Beetles and bees present; dry fruit length 38-45 mm, diameter 15-18 mm, color pink or gray; seeds tan; fruit collected by Rosemary Trelease and Joni Ward, 4 November 2003.
This is sheet I/II and has flowers and fruit. Sheet II/II is DES00050537 and has pads and a fruit.; Cultivated or Captive