Thanks! That does look about right to me, but I'll have to wait and get another photo when/if the buds open up fully.

(Sun? What's sun? We haven't seen much of it here lately, and my cacti need it as much as I do. I'm beginning to feel like a fungus!)

You were so helpful with my first post, maybe someone will help out here too. Anyone know what this guy might be? I'm guessing Gymnocalycium but can anyone be more specific? The flowers haven't opened yet, but it appears that they're a light pink. http://www.cactiguide.com/forum/userpix/1452_cactus6...

Thanks! I'm in northern Pennsylvania and we won't see 90F outdoors for a long time yet, if ever. :| But I'll keep that room as warm as possible, and he does get several hours of sunshine a day (when we have sunshine, that is). I'll also repot. Hopefully we'll have some beautiful blooms soon! Thanks ...

I was at Home Depot last week and they had a new load of cacti. There was a beautiful little Gymnocalycium (I think -- I will post photos soon for positive ID) that I just had to take with me. He has three large buds and some smaller ones. The largest looked like it was about to open into a flower a...

Thanks for the warm welcome! I don't know how much time I'll have to post but I will certainly be here reading and learning about cacti! In photos I've seen some gorgeous red flowers on the echinopsis cacti, so I'm hoping I may see some soon (though even without flowers, it still brings me great joy...

Thanks so much! Off now to read about them ...

Zhanna

Hello all, After visiting Arizona last spring I have fallen in love with cacti! I have four plants so far and I'm hoping you can give me some help in identifying them. I have larger versions of the images and can also take more from other angles, etc. to help in the ID. This is my first one. I've ha...