#opuntia — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #opuntia, aggregated by home.social.
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inspired by:
• the luminous red nova of the monoceros (unicorn) constellation (v838 monocerotis) [1]
• cactus blossoms, especially saguaro [2] and prickly pear [3, 4]
• snakes as mythological bringers of life and light (hail satan :black_sparkling_heart:)
info:
1: https://www.constellation-guide.com/v838-monocerotis
2: https://www.fireflyforest.com/flowers/339/carnegiea-gigantea-saguaro
4: https://www.middleeasteye.net/discover/palestine-plants-symbolic-meanings
#nova #monoceros #v838mon #outerSpace #cactusFlowers #saguaro #opuntia #pricklyPear #snake #mythology #hailSatan
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Invasive species of #Opuntia are a big problem in #Kenya,
especially in the dry north, threatening grazing land and livelihoods of #pastoralists.
Most people who are confronted with them do not know that the whole Opuntia plant is edible/useful.Meet Pera Foods, who know how to make #wine from the cactus' fruit.
They employ locals to forage fruit from wild Opuntia,
creating jobs and income from the presence of the unwelcome invader.
#botany #plantScience @plants -
#Opuntia , an invasive and unwelcome #plant in many places,
e.g. in (northern) #Kenya, where it threatens the livelihoods of #pastoralistsmay also be a source of food for both animals and humans (e.g. known as #nopales) - an article from #southafrica 2019
https://agriorbit.com/growing-spineless-cactus-pear-as-livestock-feed-source/
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More on the #Opuntia (stricta) invasion in #Kenya, rendering grazing lands useless for #pastoralists and their cattle, while the #plant itself, though edible and a source of biofuel, is not utilized.
@plants #plantscience #botany #cacti #invasiveSpecies
This image from https://www.impactkenya.org/post/opuntia-stricta-invasion
