Cacti, like many other plants, do not have a gender in the way animals do. Instead, they have reproductive structures that can be either male or female, or sometimes both. Most cacti are monoecious, meaning they have both male and female reproductive organs on the same plant. This allows them to self-pollinate, although cross-pollination is also common. Some cacti are dioecious, meaning individual plants are either male or female, and both are needed for reproduction. So, while cacti don’t have a gender in the traditional sense, they do have reproductive structures that can be considered male or female.
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