1 hour ago, Smithy said:Glochids! That's the new word I got that night, and had forgotten. Thank you, @lemniscate!
Do you know whether the cholla fruit is edible? I don't see much made about cholla fruit as opposed to prickly pear fruit. I've asked locals mearby and they don't know. They also don't know whether it turns color when it's ripe.
I had just recently become aware that the cholla buds and the ocotillo flowers are edible and supposedly used by the First Peoples in the area. To me this is very recent news. I won't go near a teddy bear cholla with a 10 20 foot pole. Chollas I fear. Nature can keep those buds.
