Short columnar species

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Spikylover
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Short columnar species

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Me and my mum are looking to grow some cacti from seed. We are in town for some small to medium sized basal branching cacti. Any suggestions?

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Off the top of my head (and not all are basally branching), pachycereus marginatus, cleistocactus, haageocereus, Weberbauerocereus, oreocereus, espostoa, trichocereus, parodia leninghausii, Coleocephalocereus...
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If you're located in the US, I can send you some seeds that are good ones to start with.

Send me a private message if you're interested.
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Then there's always the ever-popular Mammillaria elongata. There are other Mamms that fit the criteria as well, such as Mammillaria mazatlanensis (which has very nice flowers). They all tend to become trailing plants eventually, as they lack the woody structure to support a tall stem.
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Also Arrojadoa, Arthrocereus, Austrocactus, Austrocylindropuntia, some of Echinocereus, Micranthocereus. But many of these are not easy to grow and not readily available.
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