Thanks everyone. Buck,M.ernestii is definatly a posabillity, the spines look right.I guess I'll have to wait for a cephalium to develope. Maybe I will see that one at the next open house? Sweet cephalium!

Im not sure why some people are gettin the wrong images. perhaps I did somthing incorrectly.oh well,Im new. Fred,The photo you speak of has been on the cactus limon web site for some time,(6 months + I think) and is the closest thing I have seen to #1.they call it melocactus Ferreophilus,but I was h...

39th,and as always somwhere in the middle of the pac!

I think these are both melocactus. any I.d.'s? thanks
Tony

looks like p.pachycladus to me. thanks again.
Tony

Is this a cereus? both are now 7 inches,18cm,and have 4 lobes.There is a small offset(not in photo)with wooly spines. I see no wooly spines on the two 7 inchers. they started out bluegrey but are changing to green as they grow. thanks. Tony http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b340/Tonymarino/scan0001....

thanks again. f. glaucescens f.inermis looks exactly like my cactus.very cool!

Thanks everyone. I guess I will call it f.glaucescens partially nuda for now.but it certinly could be pottsii.At approxamatly what size would it be mature and can the spination change as it grows?Tony

FERO GLAUCESCENS OR ?? I'TS 5" WIDE X 5"TALL.THANKS.

here's Milo,The 3 year old captive bred california desert tortoise and friends.

It seems that now I may have yet another unidentifed cactus. Oh well, I wont throw out the tag just yet.My(cholla?)looks exactly like ihc6480's and I would also like to know what it is?

Hi Mike, My plant looks very similar when it's actively growing.with the small leaves growing from the branch tips.It must be resting right now because It has none. I have not seen it bloom yet. Tony

Hi I Think I have had that plant growing in my front yard about 5 years. It was labeled O. tunicata At the time I bought It.It grows very fast here,and it's spines are very sticky.Ounce It gets ya, it doesnt want to let go.The name has probably been changed 5 times by now however.I'll try to get a p...

Maybe E. mammillaris varigata.