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title: "Hello! I have a cactus that’s growing rather odd and I’ve tried…"
description: "Hello! I have a cactus that’s growing rather odd and I’ve tried propping it up, but I’m just wondering if I could cut it off at a joint and propagate that or…"
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author: "Evera"
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# Hello! I have a cactus that’s growing rather odd and I’ve tried…

_Posted by Evera on 2024-05-28_

Hello! I have a cactus that’s growing rather odd and I’ve tried propping it up, but I’m just wondering if I could cut it off at a joint and propagate that or if that would damage the plant in any way

![Attachment 1 of 1](https://images.getplanta.com/v1/resize/-_0GWtC78nh3G7lfMQXqAdzW7vsCVAGWAp1Jz6a4H24/vT4z2TmeTxyuflcaQAxxhg.webp?size=large)

## 7 comments

### em-milleranglin commented on 2024-05-28

Hi, is this a christmas cactus? if so, they are meant to grow down like this. You can also prop from the joint and it will eventually promote new growth from the spot you cut from!

#### Evera replied on 2024-05-28

Im pretty sure it’s a moon cactus. It came with a colorful top but that died so I cut it off

#### Succulent❤️Mama replied on 2024-05-28

Moon cactus are two cactus grafted together. The bottom one is a separate kind of cactus.

![Attachment 1 of 1](https://images.getplanta.com/v1/resize/y_krRxbnOnIl47_tU3sBzisysToGsAt6Bpht3PD4Szw/EesG3CXFTDOixcBbLWVaEg.webp?size=large)

#### Succulent❤️Mama replied on 2024-05-28

Yours looks too segmented to be a dragon fruit plant, but I don’t know much about them.

![Attachment 1 of 1](https://images.getplanta.com/v1/resize/y_krRxbnOnIl47_tU3sBzisysToGsAt6Bpht3PD4Szw/H-dUjLSSTdSMdUgcV_fdkQ.webp?size=large)

### em-milleranglin commented on 2024-05-28

![Attachment 1 of 1](https://images.getplanta.com/v1/resize/_I5jvcVxqCyRgUer-zgA-DnrMbJeSTJ1wzUbn5chT9k/RqrIl4UQQZOkHedsafoBPQ.webp?size=large)

### em-milleranglin commented on 2024-05-28

![Attachment 1 of 1](https://images.getplanta.com/v1/resize/_I5jvcVxqCyRgUer-zgA-DnrMbJeSTJ1wzUbn5chT9k/6oNM7rl6Tk-pKhXvym6A8g.webp?size=large)

### em-milleranglin commented on 2024-05-28

ohhh okay i see it now! it threw me off because of the legs🤣 that is growing weird then!

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