Unusual Epiphyllum anguliger cutting

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kestrel
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Unusual Epiphyllum anguliger cutting

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I have two cuttings of Epiphyllum anguliger that have started growing new stems, but they seem a much different shape that the original plant, and have needles. I thought Epiphyllum anguliger didn't have needles? Has anyone seen this before?
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Re: Unusual Epiphyllum anguliger cutting

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Epiphyllums do have spines, just more obvious on young and new grows.
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All forest cacti have juvenile spines in early age.
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Yep - perfectly normal, they'll outgrow that.
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They have areoles in the axils of their leaves too on the two ribbed flattened stems, but usually the leaves are so small you need a microscope to see them. So do Schlumbergera's. In fact, all cacti initially have microscopic leaves in the growing crown.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6a245Dhd1_w

We also used to call the flattened stems cladodes when in fact they are not, but simply two ribbed stems with a central vascular bundle and not a vascular bundle that parallels the epidermis as in a true flattened cladode like Opuntia pads.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_6mY7T9pXHg
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Thanks everyone!
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