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Cactus Revival!
by Gayla Sanders

After potting the plant in its fresh and dry new soil bed, do not water it for 2 or more weeks. After the prescribed time, water sparingly for several more weeks. Watering the plant right away may cause fungal rot to take place at the base of the plant, before it has time to become established and grow roots.

Aerial roots emerge from fresh stem growth Epilogue: It has been well over a month now since I first found the plant and repotted it. It had a bad start: two of the remaining stems were accidentally burned by a candle flame. Luckily they weren't good stems and the plant recovered well from the trauma. I keep it near a sunny window and a grow light since the short winter days are often dark and sunless. The one good stem has grown considerably and even has aerial roots growing from the end. The other stems have taken on a darker green colour as opposed to the dull, yellowy-beige colour they first had. They too have begun to grow from the tips. There are three new stems emerging from stem stumps at the base and there has been considerable healthy root growth. The plant is still fairly ugly now but over time it will shed its battle scars and become a beautiful, healthy epiphyllum that I can proudly say I saved.

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