I’ve had a Santa Rita Opuntia for about a year now, and it never gets that deep purple hue. It’ll get a light purple on the edges of the pads, but never takes up the whole pad (like in the picture).
Do I need more sun, less water, or colder weather?
Sun-wise, it gets about 5 – 8 hours direct sun a day (depending on season).
Water-wise, I do every 3 weeks in summer, every 6 in winter.
And the coldest nights we get here are about 50 F.
by TrixoftheTrade
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Prob more sun.
so i have been OBSESSED with getting myself a purple santa rita (they are quite abundant in my area) and my (not so scientific) observations have concluded that those that live in the most stressful, high sun (full sun 8-10 hours i guess?) /low water (like just the natural infrequent rainfall) environments get the most pink/ purple. for what’s it’s worth i live near Phoenix AZ and so we know high sun/ low water well.