WILL the glochids hurt if come in contact with skin
Opuntia rufida f. monstrosa - Mini Cinnamon Cactus
Fairy Garden Succulents
I was reporting and touch cacti and now seem to have little nettles in fingers
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Open Dec 03, 2021 - 02:20 PM
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Dec 03, 2021 - 02:20 PM
They do hurt a little bit and, since they're barbed, they don't just fall out like many other cactus spines do. You'll have to use a pair of tweezers to get them out. If they're not in your skin too deeply, you could stick a piece of tape to your skin, over the glochids. Then tear it off quickly. This removes quite a few of them, but you may have to do some clean up work with a pair of tweezers.
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Opuntia rufida f. monstrosa - Mini Cinnamon Cactus
Mini Cinnamon Cactus (Opuntia rufida f. monstrosa): A miniature, monstrose Prickly Pear that makes an adorable window sill plant. This monstrose form has thicker stems or "pads". It is dotted with areoles which don't have long spines but do have barbed, coppery glochids. CAUTION: Opunt...
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