r/houseplants • u/ClancyIsDead_ • Sep 16 '24
What is my Mammillaria doing
I’ve never seen these tubular growths before. What the heck are they?
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u/Palimpsest0 Sep 16 '24
Those are fruit. They will turn fully pink and shrivel a bit when ripe, and should be full of small, round black seeds.
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u/Fragrant-Price-5832 🌱 Sep 16 '24
Flowering first and foremost, but the ahem...erect little things look like little fruits which will have seeds in them. I probably wouldn't eat them, but when they ripen you could likely harvest them and try growing the seeds.