So is there another name for this one? How come you don't have C. monstrose on the website Daiv?

Thanks heaps - she's gonna be a beauty!

I bought this a couple of weeks ago and it was labelled Echinocactus ingens. Does that sound right? It's only small at the moment (the pot is 2.5 inches square).

This one (as you can see) just came with a tag saying "Cactus". Duh.

Hi, I was wondering what this is... it looks prickly, that's about as much as I could discover about it.

So it could be a hybrid? I only bought it from a hardware store, so I doubt it's anything rare or unusual...

Is this Mammillaria wagneriana? It certainly looks like it according to your picture Daiv... This picture was taken a while ago - the spines are getting darker than they were then. http://www.cactiguide.com/forum/userpix/2132_Mammillaria_wagneriana_1.jpg I can take another photo when the rain stops ...

I do believe that it is. Thanks heaps for that, there will be more coming

Hi all, This is the first of many cacti I can't identify. I have had this variety for about 17 years now (it was my first), flowers every year without fail, and offsets rapidly. I have never seen it grow larger than about 3 or 4cm across - the one in the piccy is about 2.5cm. I hope these pictures a...

The photo is a bit unclear, but the 1st cactus in the first photo looks like it might be Mammillaria spinosissima f. un pico. 2nd cactus 3rd photo could be Echinopsis chamaecereus...

I'm new here, and I'm just learning about all this, but does #2 look like a Gymnocalycium? G. denudatum maybe? Or something similar?

Sarah