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title: "hey everyone. i bought my brother this lil cactus and it started…"
description: "hey everyone. i bought my brother this lil cactus and it started turning brown. we gave her some water but it’s progressively getting worse. i haven’t watered…"
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community: "Anything about plants"
author: "eris"
published: "2024-02-18T22:58:26.075583Z"
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# hey everyone. i bought my brother this lil cactus and it started…

_Posted by eris on 2024-02-18_

hey everyone. i bought my brother this lil cactus and it started turning brown. we gave her some water but it’s progressively getting worse. i haven’t watered it since. what should i do?

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## 10 comments

### snazzy man commented on 2024-02-18

Sorry you can’t save it

That’s a moon cactus.

Basically it’s to cacti grafted together. The moon cactus is only the red part. The green stem is most likely a dragon fruit plant.

### BotanicalBookworm\_13 commented on 2024-02-18

Yeah what ‘snazzy man’ said. It’s two plants together so when one dies it takes everything down with it Ig

### Fergie77 commented on 2024-02-18

RIP 🥹

### KD 🪴 commented on 2024-02-19

Recommending discarding plant.🪦 RIP  
Saving pot.  
Buying new plant.  
If at first you don’t succeed, try, try again. 🪴

#### snazzy man replied on 2024-02-19

Only problem with moon cacti is they really don’t last long at all 😭

#### KD 🪴 replied on 2024-02-19

I think Dave the cactus man would disagree. He’s a cactus pro.

But I killed my moon cacti when I put it outside in Pheonix. I opted to not try again because I realized pokey plants were not my jam. 😂

#### snazzy man replied on 2024-02-19

I mean it might be me as well

I’ve not been very successful with cacti except for my scarlet ball cactus.

All the people ik seem to struggle with them as well

But hey keep on trying!!! If you figure them out let me know lol

### Sunny commented on 2024-02-19

Disinfect the pot by rinsing with hydrogen peroxide in case there is bacterial infection left from the rot.  
He’s gone to plant heaven 🌵😔🏜️

### eris commented on 2024-02-19

thank u all for the help. rip buddy🥲

### NikoScy commented on 2024-02-19

Time for the trash can!

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