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I feel like I’m 16 again! I think I’m in love, or at least drooling at the prospect of seeds. I went ahead and hand-pollinated the first round of a self-fertilization attempt tonight and will go out later at 3am for the second round. Hoping I don’t step on a diamondback or end up a snack for the oversize pack of coyotes patrolling the area lately for our chickens. These will be clones if the flower goes into fruit and germinated seeds result, and it will be a game changer for the nursery if they give us an armada of seedlings. If not, there’s always next year and the continued hunt for another mature stem or pollen of Pilosocereus Royenii on one of the “electronic dating” sites for plants that geeks like me prowl. From Puerto Rico, it can technically be considered the only other native USA Pilo beside the similar Key tree cactus. I rarely post consecutive days but this is a special occasion.