My cactus flowers then produces red balls where the flowers used to be? What is it?

Question

I have a round cactus that produces beautiful yellow flowers, when the flowers fall off there is a red ball left on the plant..what is it? I can email pics but not sure how to post on here. Is there a possibility its paote (spelling)? I can send pics if anyone night know.

Answer 1

http://www.angelfire.com/ca7/sierratses/...



This site might help. It has a lot of information of various types on cacti maybe your answer is in there. hope this helps

Answer 2

Fruit but don't eat them.

Answer 3

What type of cactus is it? The "red balls" are most likely the fruit of the plant.(some times called prickly pear)

Answer 4

It's fruit! Yes it is edible.

Answer 5

By the description you have given, you have a prickly pear plant.  For more information, check out this link:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prickly_pea...

As for Peyote, it has a white flower.