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title: "anyone know what type of cactus this is? I’ve had him for a year or…"
description: "anyone know what type of cactus this is? I’ve had him for a year or so now and I still have no idea… thinking something of the prickly pear variety?"
url: "https://getplanta.com/community/vOLjreBcQ-OpqrHIhVSc4w/64ab7cbc3bd5732c40862bad"
community: "The Cactus & Succulent Circle"
author: "anna catherine"
published: "2023-07-10T03:36:28.267Z"
language: "en"
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# anyone know what type of cactus this is? I’ve had him for a year or…

_Posted by anna catherine on 2023-07-10_

anyone know what type of cactus this is? I’ve had him for a year or so now and I still have no idea… thinking something of the prickly pear variety?

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## 3 comments

### Amos commented on 2023-07-10

there are no different cactuses… the government is lying to us….

#### anna catherine replied on 2023-07-10

that’s what I’m starting to think too

#### Amos replied on 2023-07-10

i’ve got one of those and i gave up trying to find out what it is

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