Gymnocalycium bruchii?

[Bruce]

When I first saw this at the local garden center, I thought it was Gymno bruchii. A couple of weeks later, I'm much less sure. What do you think?

Thanks.

Bruce

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[Rod Smith]

Yes, it looks like bruchii but possibly a little bit etiolated?

[Angus]

this is my plant labeled G. bruchii v. susannae. Yours does seem to have a lot more skin vs. spination, could just be the way it grows, or could be due to overfeeding or not enough light.

[SnowFella]

Looks just like my G. bruchii var. niveum

[Christopher Howard]

I would think it is G. bruchii. One thing being that it is a common plant, so you're likely to run into it at a local garden center like you did. I found one at a home depot and it looks like one of the smaller ones that you have with two small offsets midway up the body. I don't have any way of validating this, but my guess is, like Angus said, that it was overfed and pumped up. The smaller plants look much more typical of G. bruchii, I think.

Angus, I love your plant! It is on my list of plants to get. Haven't seen it in flower before, very pretty.
You didn't by chance get any seeds that you're trying to give away, did you?