On the cacti forum, this is a common situation: A person, new to cactus growing, posts a picture of their "flowering" cactus plant in the identification section. Often times they are quite proud of their long-lasting and attractive blooms. As more seasoned growers respond to the post, they point out that the flowers are, in fact, glued on and not flowers produced by the cactus plant. Now confused and embarrassed, the new cactus grower often insists that the flowers are real because they open and close. Further prompted by those who have "been there, done that", the novice grower investigates further and eventually comes to the realization that the flowers are indeed held on by glue. At this point, the feeling of excitement, since replaced by embarrassment, now becomes anger and inevitably the question follows, "Why would anyone do that?