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title: "My Pin Needle Cactus has a wrinkled bottom! Can anyone explain why…"
description: "My Pin Needle Cactus has a wrinkled bottom! Can anyone explain why the bottom is thin and wrinkled?"
url: "https://getplanta.com/community/vOLjreBcQ-OpqrHIhVSc4w/EyI8kPnQRmmnfXdQlYoKlg"
community: "The Cactus & Succulent Circle"
author: "Mary"
published: "2024-11-07T00:11:22.317183Z"
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# My Pin Needle Cactus has a wrinkled bottom! Can anyone explain why…

_Posted by Mary on 2024-11-07_

My Pin Needle Cactus has a wrinkled bottom! Can anyone explain why the bottom is thin and wrinkled?

![Attachment 1 of 2](https://images.getplanta.com/v1/resize/WReEN22F-xPB2hoHEP6DM3tys2ytdKoOGPEd5AfbLMw/IDOKuol0R0-BWQzSGPXdMg.webp?size=large)

![Attachment 2 of 2](https://images.getplanta.com/v1/resize/WReEN22F-xPB2hoHEP6DM3tys2ytdKoOGPEd5AfbLMw/3I4o3217TF-lwdTjexmtmg.webp?size=large)

## 6 comments

### Plant lover 2000 commented on 2024-11-07

Usually my succulents wrinvkle when they need water... not sure about these though

### All\_things\_plants commented on 2024-11-07

It looks like it’s grafted

### Hayley commented on 2024-11-07

Agree it appears to be grafted. That shrivelled part doesn't look like an Eve's needle at all

### Heartbreaker commented on 2024-11-07

The bottom looks like an Eastern prickly pear to me which shrivel up when they go dormant in the winter

### Mary commented on 2024-11-08

That is what I thought it was until the pin started growing out of it. Unlike a prickly pair it there are no spikes on it. They are soft protuberances.

### Mary commented on 2024-11-09

I did more research on the plant. It is a Brazilian Prickly Pear!! The bottom part is supposed to look like that and  
New growth shoots up like a pin!  
I have never heard of a Brazilian prickly pear.

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