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title: "I have a rice cactus that is pretty suddenly in decline. I’m noticing…"
description: "I have a rice cactus that is pretty suddenly in decline. I’m noticing some orange stuff on the cactus then the segments shrivel and die. Is this a fungus? Can…"
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author: "nosugartonight"
published: "2025-06-01T04:29:20.360719Z"
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# I have a rice cactus that is pretty suddenly in decline. I’m noticing…

_Posted by nosugartonight on 2025-06-01_

I have a rice cactus that is pretty suddenly in decline. I’m noticing some orange stuff on the cactus then the segments shrivel and die. Is this a fungus? Can it be helped?

## 1 comment

### Karleearthur13 commented on 2025-06-01

I won’t be much help but I would ask the pests and diseases group as well

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