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title: "What the heck is this pinkish thing … never seen any of my cactuses…"
description: "What the heck is this pinkish thing … never seen any of my cactuses grow this … it’s an old dead flower at the end"
url: "https://getplanta.com/community/vOLjreBcQ-OpqrHIhVSc4w/9HsX2oxY3y4lp8eJgljV4B"
community: "The Cactus & Succulent Circle"
author: "Tanya Maytak"
published: "2025-08-04T21:51:17.550799Z"
language: "en"
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# What the heck is this pinkish thing … never seen any of my cactuses…

_Posted by Tanya Maytak on 2025-08-04_

What the heck is this pinkish thing … never seen any of my cactuses grow this … it’s an old dead flower at the end

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## 5 comments

### Phil commented on 2025-08-05

Sedona Arizona…..beautiful place. Got married there.

#### Tanya Maytak replied on 2025-08-05

Yes got those from there !

### plantgeek commented on 2025-08-05

might be the flower stem. either way, you can just cut it off

### Just a person commented on 2025-08-06

I think it’s a flower stalk

### KendraK commented on 2025-08-16

Its a seed pod!!!

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