Flowering Melocactus.

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  1. pete

    pete Growing a bit of this and a bit of that....

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    Not sure if Melocactus is self fertile.
    If it is, it's easy as you say, but as it has flowered before and not produced seed I'm I'm think maybe it needs another Melocactus of a different clone to pollinate it.

    Hybrids will work with some cacti but not all.
     
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