What is my cactus doing!

[HelloCheekyCat]

I recently repotted it into a bigger pot & it started getting bigger but now it’s got this weird thing growing out of the top,
Does anyone know what it’s going to end up looking like?!

It's going to be a flower! It's very happy :) it'll look something like this (different species though but also a sempervivum/hen & chicks)

Yes, it's a flower spike. And by the way, it isn't a cactus, it is a succulent.

You are doing well to get it to flower indoors. I'm guessing it is in a lovely bright spot?

As previously said, not a cactus but a Sempervivum. It is going to flower, which means that rosette will die, but the offsets will carry on. This is really an outdoor alpine plant, they don’t usually do very well indoors, but are completely hardy outside.

Thanks everyone & thank you for correcting me 🤩
it is kept on a very sunny south facing windowsill which gets warm even in winter.

i like having it indoors but if I planted it outside what kind of environment does it need?

Outdoors it would need a sunny spot in well-drained soil. Sempervivums are hardy in the UK, but they really don't like wet feet in winter. They do quite well in containers in a free-draining gritty compost mix.

I keep them both inside and outside. The outside ones get moved to a dry spot in winter. Don't start experimenting when it's clearly happy!

Yeah I think I’ll leave it where it is because it seems happy 😃