This Ortho must really like your hot growing conditions,as I've not seen one take off like that.Not even at the Bot.Gdns.,where one recently flowered at half the size of your New growth.You may even need to stake it in a few more months.;) I've got one here at home,but it grows fairly slow,and I find its rather fragile,easy to knock a leaf off of it.It does seem like an odd looking plant when seen with my other Orthos/Dyckias/Hechtias/etc.
Heres the one at the BBG,about 15" tall,a mere baby compared to what yours will be.
Bob
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Bob, I've noticed that this curiousity need extra humid condition than another xeric,
also more humus soil mix than normal too.
Let try to imagine it growing on jungle floor in its habitat.
And I really impress with the pic in FCBS.

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just want to up to date my odd brom, here I took this morning.
That tall stem is actually the 2nd pup I had mentioned,
it's now nearly 4 feet and not yet stop growing up.
BTW there is the 3rd pup coming up at the plant's base.

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The 3 rd pup is growing up and you see it gets as big as my thumb !
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Also the 4th pup appears.
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Yesterday, I had tried crossing this oddy with another Orthophytum.
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One of the pollen parent is Orthophytum 'Motherlode'
a striking Jim Irvin's hybrid.
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