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Help with identifying these specimens?

Walter Michener

4 years ago

I just acquired very inexpensively a number of unidentified cacti. With a solid background in botany I thought I would be able to identify them quickly, but it's much harder than I thought! I would be deeply grateful if anyone can help me identify these three specimens at least to genus. They are probably commonplace but still beyond my ability thus far. Thanks!

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Kara 9b SF Bay Area CA
4 years ago
last modified: 4 years ago
1. Echinocactus grusonii aka Golden Barrel. These guys look totally different when mature or even after a few yrs of good growing it’ll start to loose those tubercles. The spines will thicken up too:).

2. A Gymnocalycium and I think it’s Gymnocalycium anisitsii subsp. multiproliferum.

3. Mammillaria senilis. I love the flowers on this Mammillaria, different from the norm.
Walter Michener
Original Author
4 years ago
Thank you so much! I'm thrilled to get such swift and precise assistance. The Echinocactus does indeed look different from the more mature form. And it's lovely to see what the Mammilaria flowers will look like. Again, thank you Kara.
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