Help with the names

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Bince
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Help with the names

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I just purchased two new cactus plants and I need confirmation on the names that I think they are.

#1 Lobivia pampana
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#2 Mammilaria bocasana v multilanata
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Thank you for your help.
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vlani
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Mamm. is not multilanata, and looking at flower remains I'd say is not bocasana either ;)
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I love the spines on the first one.
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The lobivia could be pampana, although the ribs don't look quite right, looking more like backebergii ssp wrightiana. Both have very distinctive flowers which I expect it's old enough to produce.
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martenfisher wrote:I love the spines on the first one.
Exactly the same, xD
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Not sure what that would be if not Mammillaria bocasana. Too hairy for M. crinita. Not hairy enough for M. guelzowiana. Any other possibles?
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vlani
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I say it is just guelzowiana. They flower waltut-sized, and I think I've got couple plants with exactly same spine color
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vlani wrote:I say it is just guelzowiana. They flower waltut-sized, and I think I've got couple plants with exactly same spine color
You're in luck if it is. Great flowers and plenty of them.
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I will post a picture when it has flowers. Thank you all for the help. I like the spines on the first one also.
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