Origin of moon cactus

If moon cactus has no chlorophyll and can’t survive on its own without being grafted to a host cactus, then how did it survive in the wild and grow old enough to reproduce?

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#1 Comment By kh0001 On 06/08/2016 @ 9:34 am

Since there are over 80 known species of Moon Cactus, there’s a good chance they all came from a far fewer number of specimens that, over time, naturally grafted to other chlorophyll-producing plants, and among themselves, in the wild.

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