Golden Torch, Torch Cactus, White Torch Cactus (Echinopsis spachiana)

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Xenomorf Phoenix, AZ(Zone 9b) Sep 15, 2011

Golden Torch, Torch Cactus, White Torch Cactus
Echinopsis spachiana

Tiny seeds. USA quarter for size comparison. September 2011, early Fall.

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JCGeeson Holiday City-Berkele, NJ Jun 07, 2014

I have never owned a cactus so I'm new to all this. I just got this torch cactus and it has this growth coming out the side that split open. Inside the spit are these black specks that look like the picture of the seeds. The specks are imbeded in a moist pulpy substance. Is this a flower or a seed case? How do I care for it?

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Xenomorf Phoenix, AZ(Zone 9b) Jun 07, 2014

It's the fruit that contains the seeds.

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JCGeeson Holiday City-Berkele, NJ Jun 08, 2014

What do I do with the fruit? How do I save the seeds? Should I cut it off or let it fall off on its own?

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JCGeeson Holiday City-Berkele, NJ Jun 08, 2014

This is what the fruit looks like. How do I take care of it? What do I do with the seed?

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CactusJordi El Cajon, CA Jun 08, 2014

Scratch the seeds with the white pulp out of the seed-pod, put it in water, leave it there for 1/2 or one day, then sieve it through a fine meshed strainer, rub the seeds in the strainer with your finger to wash off the 'dissolved' pulp and let the seeds dry in the strainer for a day or so and put it in a seed/coin envelope to store it till next late winter or spring, then sow it.

Jordi

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JCGeeson Holiday City-Berkele, NJ Jun 09, 2014

The seed pod is still moist. Should I remove the pod from the cactus now or should I wait until it dries? I'm afraid of damaging the mother cactus. Also, if you look at my picture there are two smaller nubs growing at the base of the cactus, what are they?

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CactusJordi El Cajon, CA Jun 10, 2014

Just turn the seed-pod a bit to separate it from the stem. It's easier to clean the seeds when the pulp is still moist.
The two small nubs will become/are new branches!

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JCGeeson Holiday City-Berkele, NJ Jun 12, 2014

Thank you Jordi for the informstion. I really appreciate your help. Jackie

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