id for "Dead Flowers"

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Tofterigen
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id for "Dead Flowers"

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Hallo

Recently I bought a seriously maltreated one:
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It looks like a young columnar one, but the label says: Mammillaria-mix. I do not agree!
pot-diameter ca. 3.5 ''.

here some Details:
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What do you think? Some kind of Pachycereus?

Thanks in advance and best whishes,

Tofterigen
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ElieEstephane
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Far from mammillaria. Thats an oreocereus celsianus. Beautiful cacti.
There are more cacti in heaven and earth, Horatio, than are dreamt of in your philosophy.
One of the few cactus lovers in Lebanon (zone 11a) :mrgreen:
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Re: id for "Dead Flowers"

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With fake "everlasting" or "Straw " flowers glued on to sell them to the public.
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Tofterigen
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Re: id for "Dead Flowers"

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Thank you!

Now that you mention it, I see it clearly! I even own one of this kind:
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Much more wool, less ribs, larger spines with intense red/brown colour!
But I like the new one too.
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