And a nice little specimen too Karla, I just realised I don't have a pic of mine, will have to remedy that and make a post.

CP

Number three is definitely Espostoa, note the the wool is soft, unlike the stiff hair of C senilis. It's bit hard to tell the species until it gets a few years under its belt though.

CP

Hi Franj, at first glance I thought cereoid (them's ribs I see there), like C. peruvianus. Check out this link...
http://www.cactusmuseum.com/oplant.asp? ... 025&PgNo=1

You're right about Fred, (from what I've seen) it is spineless.

Cheers, CP

taliesin, I've just done some more digging around and I found a reference to E. roseo-lilacina in my Cactus Lexicon by Curt Backeberg... dunno how I missed it last night. :oops: Backeberg's description is as follows... "body solitary or offsetting, 7cm high x 13cm dia. 14-20 ribs. radial spines...

Hello taliesin, I believe I've read somewhere that C. senilis takes about 40 plus years to reach maturity, and that seed grown specimans never flower, but I'm unable to find the source of that info. You also asked... anyone heard of echinopsis rosea lilacina or is it echinopsis lilacina rosea? Maybe...

Absolutely beautiful pix there Franj, I love the colour of that Delosperma cooperi, and your Mamm microhelia... I've never seen that species branch dichotomously, but only by offsets!

Thanks, CP

Note also that these lovely critters often put out two flowers from the same areole!

CP

Here y'go daiv, here is a pic of a mature specimen from another forum, along with Echinocactus grusonii fa inermis.

http://members.boardhost.com/jp29/msg/1138342003.html

Enjoy, CP

I agree with daiv, Mamm columbiana looks to be correct.

Happy growing, CP

Welcome to the hobby raymie, pity about no. 3, I hate it when I lose plants like that, but unfortunately it happens to the most seasoned of us. Hang in there and enjoy.

CP