Too late for Christmas !

Never seen that one before Hywel, it looks a beauty and isn't it big, you have obviously kept it in the conditions it likes, I can see its hanging in your outside space but do you have to take it indoors if its a bad winter....

Hywel, are those flowers or fruits on the stems?

How unusual, and Lincslass has asked all the questions I was going to ask too :-)

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where do you normally keep it ?

Thats so unusual and new to me I'm waiting to read your replies to the questions Hywel !

Yes I am as well, it looks fascinating, I like the ones that grow downwards like that and you can judge the size of the cauldron by the basket one can see in the pic....

How exciting to have such an unusual plant Hywel.

That is fascinating to see and is a first for me. Look forward to hearing more about it.

what a fabulous specimen Hywel.

Astonishing - at first glance I thought it was a pot of chives....

Thank you all for reading about my cactus :)

Answers :-

In the summer it lives in my covered space outside the back doors, right where it is in the photos.
In winter - in the conservatory (which doesn't get direct sun from Oct to Feb)
I tried taking photos of it indoors but they didn't come out very well, so I put it here for the photo shoot. Then back in the conservatory.
On the stems, they are white berries. The flowers are papery and very small. You can hardly see them (unlike the flowers of the desert cacti)
The plant is quite big. I've had it many years, and I've got another two similar ones.

Ive never seen that one before....the berries look like they are stuck on the stems.

Ah!!! I did wonder if thats what you had done Hywel, I didn't think you would take a chance and leave it out, its a real beauty....

Loved your blog about an unusual plant and all the questions asked and answers you gave about it .

Thank you all for your comments :)

Homebird I bought this one in Wyevale several years ago. It cost £11 ! Beryl said "You might as well buy it - if you don't you'll only be miserable" lol

Hywel it certainly is a fine specimen of a plant - it is very unusual - lovely pictures - Jane

lovely blog Hywel love the plant too.

Thank you both :)

Fantasic plant Hywel so unusual must admit the berries look just like the berries on mistletoe.

Thank you :)

Lol, that is often the answer I have to give Derek if we are shopping together, he'll ask what I think knowing full well he's going to purchase anyway....

It's no good asking someone what they think. They never give the correct answer :D

Merry Christmas, Hywel. :) x

Thank you TT ... and the same to you ;o) x