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Top: pollinated. Bottom, not.

You can tell by color and how plump the top one is behind the flower. Also, unpollinated flowers will fall off. I’m not a botanist so I can’t tell you what the parts of the flower are called.

I read that this cactus was not self-fertile but brushing the flowers together has produced fruit. It doesn’t mean the seed is viable but I will try down the line.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago

I've had them start to make fruit before, but they have all self-aborted before they got much further than what you have pictured.

[–] mindbleach 1 points 10 months ago

One of these cacti... is a slaaaag.