Six idents please

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Urchin1987
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Six idents please

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Hello, just brought these six from a market, none of which are labelled. Anybody able to help with identification...?

I think the tall columnar one is possibly Echinopsis pachanoi, the hairy cactus, Cephalocereus sinilis, the grey succulent a Pachyphytum and the v-shaped succulent possibly a Gasteria? Apart from those I am out of ideas!


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#2 - Mammillaria sp.
#3 - Myrtillocactus geometrizans
#4 - Aloe sp.
#6 - Parodia leninghausii
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The hairy guy is definitely Cephalocereus senilis, AKA the famous "Old Man" cactus.
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Fantastic, many thanks for the Parodia, Myrtillocactus and Cephalocereus confirmation - really helpful.

Any chance of narrowing down the Mamillaria, Aloe and Pachyphytum (?) to species? I've added some close up pictures below....


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#2 - Mammillaria halbingeri/ albilanata or haageana, maybe.
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The first on the left in the top two pics looks like an Espostoa to me, rather than a Cephalocereus. Maybe Espostoa lananta. Cephalocereus senilis has grey/white spines hidden in the hair. Your hairy cactus looks like it has finer yellow spines hidden in the hair.
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