You might have also been fooled if your prickly pear has been getting along fine ... produce can easily be mistaken for Christmas cactus flower buds. After all, they are similar colors and shapes.

Exotic flora. Bunny ear cactus, prickly pear, cholla, ghost plant. American succulents. Silhouette symbols. Vector isolated illustration Set of green cacti with flower buds, watercolor illustration ...

Watercolor cactus with flowers in a pot. Hand painted opuntia with red and yellow flowers isolated on white background. Illustration for design, print, fabric or background Set of green cacti with ...

Sir David Attenborough inspects cholla buds during filming ... I found myself sitting on prickly pear too many times to recall, and at the end of each day I had to pull spines out of my skin ...