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Hello. I am fairly new to cacti and new to the forum. I have been growing from seed for a couple of years now. I have used the mixed seeds bought at a local retailer. I need help in identifying what I have.
Possible Cylindropuntia

http://imgur.com/WZtmiXp

not sure on these.
http://imgur.com/2yLmTsD
http://]imgur.com/dKXX9dn
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sorry, Image did not work, I will try to re post.
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You can use http://imgur.com as an image host. Just click the green new post button at the top of the page there, copy the link it gives you and paste it here.
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toadstar wrote:You can use http://imgur.com as an image host. Just click the green new post button at the top of the page there, copy the link it gives you and paste it here.
thanks toadstar. i posted with this site.
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In second image (to the right w. yellow spines): probably Echinocactus grusonii
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Second and third pictures looks like they have a ferrocactus maybe.
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thank you teo and elieestephane.
the seed mix says it contains several different barrel, hedgehog, prickly pear, cholla, cardon and saguaro. I guess the problem with common names is that the same name can refer to several different species such as I found several that are called fishhook barrel. my eye is not trained well enough yet to sort it all out.
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Don't blame your untrained eye. More often than not, it's harder to identify seedlings when they are that young. Many look very similar
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I agree with elieestephane. The bigger one in the third image looks like "F. peninsulae" (hooked spines), no liability assumed.

Just wait some years and you'll see!
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