can anyone help me identify these cacti?

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mjaurelio
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can anyone help me identify these cacti?

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I just got this cactus from a friend of mine. I wanted to know what it was :-k ! I'm not sure if it's some sort of saguaro cactus or something else (picture 1)
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and i think this is an eriocyce but im not sure
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thanks everone :D
DaveW
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Re: can anyone help me identify these cacti?

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Yes it's Eriosyce (Neoporteria) senilis. E multicolor and nidus are now considered merely spine colour variants so lumped into senilis. Different spine colours can often grow in the same population in habitat, which is how multicolor gets it's name.
mjaurelio
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Re: can anyone help me identify these cacti?

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DaveW wrote:Yes it's Eriosyce (Neoporteria) senilis. E multicolor and nidus are now considered merely spine colour variants so lumped into senilis. Different spine colours can often grow in the same population in habitat, which is how multicolor gets it's name.
thank you so much! i was trying to figure it out but there where a few that looked quite simmilar. ](*,)
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