two need an identification

[don]

i've been waiting for the blooms to attempt an ID...anyone have any ideas on what they might be? The first resembles a m. spinosissima and the second might be some kind of Gymnocalycium...but I really do not know. Any help would be appreciated...thank you.

[greenknight]

First one looks like M. spinosissima to me, too. Not sure about the second, Gymnocalycium pflanzii?

[don]

thank you Greenknight; maybe others will have ideas about the second one....

[Kamos]

The first one looks like M. spinosissima pilcayensis.
Could the second one be a Cory.?

[hegar]

I agree with the Coryphantha sp. identification based on the flowers being produced from the apex of the plant. However, I do not clearly see the typical indentation running the length of the tubercle. That would be a second characteristic feature for Coryphantha spp.

Harald

[don]

thank you...this one is still a bit of a puzzle but I'll explore the cory a bit more....

[iann]

That's a Gymnocalycium. Don't think it is G. pflanzii though, too spiny. G. pflanzii flowers are also a little odd and these look fairly typical for a Gymnocalycium.

[greenknight]

Yes, the flowers are typical Gymno - agree that it's awfully spiny for pflanzii, and the flower are not quite right, but it doesn't seem to be a typical specimen of anything I could find.

[iann]

G. hossei? G. castellanosii?

[greenknight]

G. hossei does look like a contender.