3 beauties need Id's

dattdude · Post by **dattdude** » Sun Dec 18, 2011 3:21 am

you all are so helpfull! Im back again.... this time for id's on these beautiful plants!

#2 is a gymno is my guess and the other two have me stumped.... #3 looks ragged but there was one growing in the ground that looked like the momma. it was large and vigourously growing. They were growing under a deck without any care for five years!

dattdude · Post by **dattdude** » Sun Dec 18, 2011 3:43 am

#1 is allmost a foot tall and 2-5 inches in diameter including spines

#2 is 5 inches in diameter and globular

#3 is well a clump of sunburned and dried stock exhibiting new green and multicolored growth simultaneously.

frangipani · Post by **frangipani** » Sun Dec 18, 2011 4:08 am

I'm not sure of the actual species, but 2 looks like a ferocactus to me.

Tony · Post by **Tony** » Sun Dec 18, 2011 4:19 am

I think 1 is stetsonia coryne, 2 Ferocactus macrodiscus, and 3 will turn out to be Opuntia microdasys minima.

Cris · Post by **Cris** » Sun Dec 18, 2011 7:13 am

The columnar could be Roseocereus tephracanthus

CactusFanDan · Post by **CactusFanDan** » Sun Dec 18, 2011 6:51 pm

My initial thoughts for plant 3 were Tephrocactus, but no, upon closer inspection, i'm going to have to agree with Tony for that one. In fact, i'm gonna agree with Tony on all of his ID's!

martenfisher · Post by **martenfisher** » Sun Dec 18, 2011 11:37 pm

I agree with Tony on 1 and 3. Stetsonia coryne and minima.

Thord Hakansson · Post by **Thord Hakansson** » Mon Dec 19, 2011 4:52 pm

Number two is without any doubt Ferocactus macrodiscus and a very nice plant indeed