Baci, A year sure is a long time to wait for seeds, but I'll definitely look for them! Thanks! x, The orchid cactus was sent to me as a few un-rooted cuttings a couple years back. I rooted them in the pot they are in now. Sections might have flowered before they were cut from the mother and sent to me, although, I remember the owner of the mother plant saying she had no idea what color the flowers would be, maybe she just didn't notice, I don't know. So, I don't have any idea when it flowered last.With that said, maybe next spring I'll finally see some gorgeous flowers! Thanks again, Billy Rae

Rigo74,I'v never used super bloom, does it really work that good? I'v heard it was good but I'm not into trying new thing,I feel if you find some thing that works for you then stick with it.I really don't go by the book and I upset some people with the way I do things but it works for me The plants were a gift for the guy that had them, he 85 and was moving into a small apt. and couldn't take them, he said he got them when they were small and set in a north window for years, the smaller one was bigger but it was knocked over and lost most of the top half. he did save them for cuttings he still has them.that was was 6 years ago I all so grow epies 50 diff.hybrids, hoyas, disocactus,hylocereus (dragon fruit) rhipsalis,lepismlum (pussy willow cactus)selenicereus 4 diff hybrids,holiday cactus 5 named hybrids 3 unknowns,aporophyllum edna belany, Schneideriana maroon Huernia starfish plant (carrion plants)and lots of unknows epies that were givin to me or I pick them up cheap at tag sales. I guess you could say I'm hooked on them. here a pic of what the carrion plant flower looks like OK I"ll get off my soap box LOL Bear

Hi all As Dave61 rightly notes, pretty much all cactus fruit are technically edible, but most range from bland to tasteless to unpleasant. Nevertheless there are a large number of cactus fruits that range from passably good to utterly delicious. Most will be at their best when just fully ripe, and often ferment or dry out soon afterward, so strike while the iron is hot. Perhaps the most commonly grown cacti with edible fruits are some of the Mammillarias. These fruits are often quite small, though in a few they can be the size of a nice plump raisin. One of the most commonly available species with tasty fruits is Mammillaria prolifera. Like the much larger but harder to find and to grow, fruits of some species of Echinocactus, the fruits of M. prolifera have a strawberry flavor. They are ready when they turn red, and once they start to shrivel may be past their prime. One wellgrown plant may yield scores of fruits in a summer. As to pollination, the majority of cacti are what are called "obligate outcrossers", that is, a clone cannot fertilize itself but must be crossed with a genetically different clone of the same species. Of course, in a house there would be no pollinators anyhow (though one might try hand pollination); and for fruit production, it is likely that if you have more than one plant of a similar sort, even if not the same species, they may still be crossable, at least to produce fruit. So if you have a Mammillaria crinita and a Mammillaria prolifera in bloom together (or a gracilis, or whathaveyou) and you want fruit, try using a small brush or Q-tip to transfer pollen from one plant onto the stigmas of the flowers in another... choosing the stronger plant to receive the pollen. Here in Florida we have a number of large cereoid cacti that grow in yards, the most common being Cereus repandus (syn Cereus peruvianus), whose large red fruits are quite tasty (the red rind is tough but the white pulp, laced with tiny black seeds, is excellent). And many of the local prickly pears, too, have nice fruits. (The Santa Rita and some other ornamental ones, alas, have dry or leathery fruits not very good for consumption.) Bon appetit! John in St Petersburg

You can cross them with another clone, like a yellow or a white one. Not all clones can be used, but the only way to find out which ones are compatible is to try. Pieter