From: "P van Rijckevorsel"


In Cacti there is only a single flower encapsulated in each receptacle so it
should be closer to a pome than to a syconium?


For most cacti, it is like a pome with nodes on it. In Opuntia fulgida, the
nodes produce at least one new flower bud the following years.

Sean



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