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title: "I have a Copper King I love and wanted more. Just received these in…"
description: "I have a Copper King I love and wanted more. Just received these in the mail. Anyone know what these black things are? Never had them on mine."
url: "https://getplanta.com/community/vOLjreBcQ-OpqrHIhVSc4w/0BRV9xEUJc9s8OvctM1j4G"
community: "The Cactus & Succulent Circle"
author: "MicAZ"
published: "2025-06-28T20:03:15.793067Z"
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# I have a Copper King I love and wanted more. Just received these in…

_Posted by MicAZ on 2025-06-28_

I have a Copper King I love and wanted more. Just received these in the mail. Anyone know what these black things are? Never had them on mine.

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## 5 comments

### Lover of Cacti commented on 2025-06-28

I found those on mine. I thought they were shriveled up flowers, so i pulled them off with tweezers. He dies shortly after. Not sure if thats correlated, but they might be flowers, might be signs of disease, but I would get another opinion.

#### MicAZ replied on 2025-06-28

This stinks. I don’t think this is going to turn out well.

#### MicAZ replied on 2025-06-29

Ok, so someone told me that they were the flower remains of flowers not fertilized to produce seed pods. That explains them being at the base I guess.

### Waspinator commented on 2025-06-29

Looks like it might just be soil stuck between the spikes. It's common for that to happen during repotting

#### MicAZ replied on 2025-06-29

I thought that but when I took a toothpick to try to get it out, it was definitely attached and left a hole in the cactus. Really weird. Can’t get the seller to respond to me yet.

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