An interesting cactus

@pitstop (13723)
Australia
January 4, 2023 12:19am CST
While my luck with plants is dismal, my aunt manages to make anything thrive richly! I love visiting their home. We were there for Christmas and have a great time. I saw this lovely little cactus plant in a little pot it was unique and I loved the brilliant contrast between the green and the red (or is that pink). It looked happy and chirpy! Have you seen such a colorful cactus plant? PS: For some reason, the picture appears horizontally stretched after uploading
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rsa101
@rsa101 (38126)
• Philippines
4 Jan 23
They are two cactus plants that were bound together. I think it was grafted together to look like they are one.
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DE
@DaddyEvil (137249)
• United States
4 Jan 23
Yes, to make the green cactus look like it had a red bloom. There are a lot of those sold here.
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Pitstop
@pitstop (13723)
• Australia
4 Jan 23
I thought that it was a flower!!
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rsa101
@rsa101 (38126)
• Philippines
4 Jan 23
@pitstop It's not a flower the one on top is a different cactus and the one under is also a different variety that was cut and put together. Eventually, the two plants will bond together like they are one plant.
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (338640)
• Rockingham, Australia
4 Jan 23
Someone's else's pictures were doing this the other day. I can't imagine why.
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Pitstop
@pitstop (13723)
• Australia
4 Jan 23
I wonder if it is to do with the image size
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (338640)
• Rockingham, Australia
4 Jan 23
@pitstop Maybe not the size as they won't show at all if they're over 3Mb but maybe it's the dimensions - too wide, too narrow or something like that.
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Anna
@LadyDuck (470745)
• Switzerland
4 Jan 23
This is the first thing I bought as a gift for my husband to place on his desk in his office. We were not even dating. Its botanical name is Gymnocalycium mihanovichii.
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Pitstop
@pitstop (13723)
• Australia
4 Jan 23
Is it a single plant or a grafted plant with 2 components.
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Anna
@LadyDuck (470745)
• Switzerland
4 Jan 23
@pitstop It is a single plant, they are all like that. Some have a yellow top instead of red.
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Fleur
@Fleura (30159)
• United Kingdom
5 Jan 23
@LadyDuck @pitstop Only the top part is the Gymnocalycium mihanovichii, they are mutant forms that lack chlorophyll and consequently other colours show through. But without chlorophyll to make food of course they will soon die so to keep them alive they are grafted onto another type of normal green cactus, Hylocereus. @rsa101 is right.
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Eva James
@wolfgirl569 (105254)
• Marion, Ohio
4 Jan 23
There is a lot of those here
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Pitstop
@pitstop (13723)
• Australia
4 Jan 23
That's interesting. I've rarely seen them here in South India.
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Eva James
@wolfgirl569 (105254)
• Marion, Ohio
5 Jan 23
@pitstop Many of the stores sell them
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LindaOH
@LindaOHio (176652)
• United States
4 Jan 23
I haven't seen one like that. I would like to get a cactus plant.
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Pitstop
@pitstop (13723)
• Australia
4 Jan 23
Usually, they are easy to maintain.
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LindaOH
@LindaOHio (176652)
• United States
5 Jan 23
@pitstop Yes, very easy. That's the kind of plant that I would like.
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jaishankar
@Shivram59 (34891)
• India
4 Jan 23
@pitstop Looks wonderful.I have never seen such a cactus.My nephew has some cactus plants at his home;but none of them is like this one.
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Pitstop
@pitstop (13723)
• Australia
4 Jan 23
Does he have them in his garden or on the balcony?
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jaishankar
@Shivram59 (34891)
• India
4 Jan 23
@pitstop He has them in hid backyard.
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Always smiling
@allknowing (135313)
• India
5 Jan 23
Looks like a flowering cactus
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Pitstop
@pitstop (13723)
• Australia
5 Jan 23
There seems to be two theories being discussed in this group.
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Shavkat
@Shavkat (139367)
• Philippines
4 Jan 23
I had seen some different types of cacti. My younger brother had shown them to me from his small garden.
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Pitstop
@pitstop (13723)
• Australia
4 Jan 23
Do you have any pictures of interesting ones.
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OceanTiara
@RebeccasFarm (89741)
• Arvada, Colorado
4 Jan 23
I really love this one. I want it.
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Pitstop
@pitstop (13723)
• Australia
4 Jan 23
Do you love plants?
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OceanTiara
@RebeccasFarm (89741)
• Arvada, Colorado
4 Jan 23
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Judy Story
@jstory07 (139336)
• Roseburg, Oregon
4 Jan 23
That is a nice looking cactus.
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Pitstop
@pitstop (13723)
• Australia
4 Jan 23
Yes, it looks pretty.
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Fleur
@Fleura (30159)
• United Kingdom
5 Jan 23
Those plants are not 'real' (or rather not natural); they are created by grafting part of one plant onto another.
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Pitstop
@pitstop (13723)
• Australia
5 Jan 23
That seems to be the main point of discussion in this forum!
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Jojo
@Sojourn (13837)
• India
4 Jan 23
Looks like a flabby cactus.
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Pitstop
@pitstop (13723)
• Australia
4 Jan 23
That's an interesting description.
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M Cheung
@Beestring (14468)
• Hong Kong
4 Jan 23
I haven't seen such colorful cactus. It is beautiful.
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Pitstop
@pitstop (13723)
• Australia
4 Jan 23
You should read @rsa101 explanation about this - very interesting.
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