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Cactus, based on the Prickly Pear

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This is a prickly pear cactus: (link)  The desert is in desperate need of more interest, and a new cactus is the best kind of new plant to add.

It grows in a very segmented fashion, and so would be an interesting one to adapt to Minecraft's style.  It also grows fruit (the reddish parts in the picture), so would make for an interesting new desert food source.  The cactus itself is also edible, once you take off the spines. (link)  Maybe if you use a sword to harvest a prickly pear cactus you get a de-spined version that you can eat, but can't be planted to grow into a new plant.

I imagine it could grow similar to the chorus plant, with branching segments that all have a similar appearance, with the final piece growing one or more fruits. Each piece of the prickly pear can be planted in sand and grow a new plant.

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    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iK3CLeMM0CQ&list=PLZHdY_46KnYsFrVOYVlfjYlJeRVrhm7QR

    I see cactus in this MINECON Live's 2019 vote.

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    I think that there should only be one type of cactus, but prickly pear could grow on the side like cocoa beans.

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    I think it would be great to have this specific cactus.  The fruit could create Magenta Dye, since the color is so vibrant.

     

    I love all the suggestions here.  From the way it grows, from being able to eat two parts of the plant.  Maybe using shears to take of the spines (which in itself could be used for something.  Perhaps a Thorns Potion??)

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    Also get this, how about cactus fruit pie in the game.

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    I hope this idea gets more traction

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    SO HAPPY this got the green light!  A lot of people assume that it is just a cactus variant, but the description ClayGoddessSari came up with would make it so much more.

    I hope we get the introduction of Prickly Pears and Nopales.  Two food sources!  Grilled Nopales would look awesome on a campfire!

    What's also great about this cactus is that it has several stages of growth.  They could be similar to the berry bush and have several growth stages.   Beautiful red/orange/yellow flowers come first, and then later they make way for fruits.  Cut the fruits off, and then the small nopales, and leave the larger segments to grow more.  From what I read from harvesters online its a patience trick.  The larger the plant, the more it'll produce in a given year. 

    I made the suggestion a year ago that the prickly pear could be used as a dye.  And I've read online that this is an actual thing irl.  Be nice if they could give 4 dye per pear, since there would be so much juice.

    I believe both of them require careful removal of the thorns?  I'm thinking shears would make sense to remove them.  I still like the idea of using them for a Potion of Thorns.

    One final note on my rough google research:  There appears to be green and dark purple variants of this cactus.  And even on the same plant.  There's an idea!   (Though maybe that is asking for too much.)

    --Mark Abernathy

     

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    One last comment.   From everything I read online, this plant is a fascinating "segmented" plant.   The nopales, the flowers, the fruits.  It really screams "minecraft" in the way it actually grows irl.

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    Cool also need aloe vera, pitaya, agave

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    Yuca too but dont think it a cactus

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    I think Minecraft really needs more plants and then desert has no life

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    this is gold

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    Maybe just new Cactus textures overall...the old ones are ok but plain imo

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    You could shear off the spines or pricks of the cactus and then right click and farm the fruit

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    I agree with this idea. I hope that they add the prickly pear fruit as well

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    That's dragon fruit

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    The dragon fruit and the prickly pair fruit are actually completely different things look it up on youtube, it’s true!

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    And we can put them it pots

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    Cacti could be stripped like trees. These could be new decorative blocks and therefore a use for cacti as they currently have no use.

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    i would love to see aloe vera, it could be used in health potions and maybe some new type of healing method? :)

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    Yeah fruits on cactus. Bigger nicer cactus as well.

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    Sería genial que en minecraft incluye nuevas especies de cactaceas. Podrían también agregar el Cactus Saguaro.

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    También sería genial que agreguen arboles de desierto, como el Mezquite, Tamarisco y acacias espinosas, que claven. Ya que se me hace muy extraño ver Robles en el desierto y en el bioma de mesa.

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    Ooh, and instead of magenta dye which someone said maybe it would make a new type of dye

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    I would want a prickly pear to be able to be added to potions, for a new potion effect, or just like swiftness to help you in a desert, as well as eaten because makes sense 

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    I think they should be like cocoa beans where they grow o; he sides and they should create magenta dye!

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    These cactuses should give you a fruit that protects you from phantom attacks.

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    Yes. I definitely agree that the deserts need more flavour, and more cactuses would be the best way to approach that. Camels in deserts would be awesome too!

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    Other than just the Prickly Pear cactus, there should be Saguaros! instead of just cactus blocks, maybe a more realistic Saguaro cactus should replace it.
    Some other cool drought tolerant desert plants would be:

    Agaves- You could get Agave nectar in a bottle similar to honey

    Yuccas- You could harvest the root for food

    Barrel Cacti- They get edible yellow fruits (Ferocacti)

    Smaller cacti- species like Mammillaria, Gymnocalycium, or Parodias

    Ocotillo- A multi stemmed succulent with orange flowers that are edible, and maybe ocotillo fences also

    Aloe Vera- Can be eaten or be used for healing potions in the game.

    The Prickly pear I think should be able to be potted as well as any other plants added to the update

    I really like like cacti and other succulents. Sorry if there’s too much.

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    And another idea would be a Dragon Fruit Cactus, Which is a tropical/subtropical cactus that could occur in Jungle biomes.

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    This is a great idea! I would LOVE to see this in the game. You are right, the desert is really boring right now, just like the ocean until the aquatic update. We need another update like that to the desert.