Local nursery had two of these. Have had suggestions that it is F. histrix or F. Glaucesens. Only thing that makes me question those IDs is the complete lack of a center outward pointing spine on any of the clusters. Not sure if that's a characteristic of young Ferocactus though. There were others in the same pots that did have that center spine. Curious as to opinions! Image link below
https://imgur.com/a/xsGKNHp
What kind of Ferocactus is this?
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Re: What kind of Ferocactus is this?
Appears to be a somewhat light starved Ferocactus emoryi
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Re: What kind of Ferocactus is this?
Ahh Traveler's Friend! I hope it is indeed F. Emory. These super young cacti all look so similar. I suppose I'll just have to grow it bigger to be 100% ![🤣](//twemoji.maxcdn.com/2/svg/1f923.svg)
Re: What kind of Ferocactus is this?
I'd not close completely histrix.
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Re: What kind of Ferocactus is this?
Looks like a Blue Barrel to me.
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Re: What kind of Ferocactus is this?
My 1st cactus collection was a young Ferocactus emoryi which is very similar to the cactus on your photo.
F. glaucescens has different spine colour.
F. glaucescens has different spine colour.
My favorite cacti photos are in Flickr https://www.flickr.com/photos/146109677@N06/albums/