I live in midwest USA where it's too cold to leave cactus out all winter. I overwinter my cardon in a Cool unused bedroom. There is afternoon sunlight,but not all that bright. ( Actually I probably have almost 100 cacti in there). I give them little sips of water with a turkey baster sparingly once...

It is good to put It to cold to have dormancy, but i think it won't bloom because it didnt reached maturity, maybe it needs to become more columnar, like 25 years + Yeah, that's a really good point. Originally, I thought it was some sort of smaller variety that stay small like this rather than the ...

Thanks so much for the info and suggestions, I'll move it to the storage for the winter as suggested! In particular, thank you anttisepp for the ID. I *definitely* would not have gotten there myself!

Wow, no kidding! I saw the pictures of the large, wild ones and thought "no way!", but then saw some pictures of them sold in 5cm pots and it looks identical to mine when I got it. I am quite impressed! I'll definitely get on separating them this spring then. Is it worth overwintering it t...

Thank you for the reply! I definitely think I can manage around 10C with little to no light in my storage closet. On that last note though, all 4 of the cacti are connected at the base, just under the soil. So there's no real separating them. Maybe the picture isn't the best angle. I'll update the o...

Hello everyone! This is my first post, I'm glad to have found such a robust community! I have this cactus (see the link below the image if it doesn't come up) that I have yet to ID (have always just assumed an Echinopsis or Echinocactus, but maybe someone who knows way more than me knows better) and...