Help with a gift-cactus

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mitri
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Help with a gift-cactus

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Hi all,

About a year ago, I got a cactus as a gift from work. I didn't give it much of a thought for about a year and left it in it's original pot and never watered it. This year, my dad kindled an interest in it, so now I'm curious what it is... I threw some pictures of it at the pl@ntnet app and it's not sure either, so here I am.
  • It's about 3 3/4" h x 2" d.
  • pl@ntnet thinks there's a 56% chance it's a spachiana, but it has 17 ribs.
  • The runner up is a hauscha, at 21%, which looks SORT of like my image, but my plant is only about 4" tall.... too young for me to really know.
  • The spines are pokey and not soft
I'm guessing it's either a E.huascha or an E.spachiana hybrid since it looks like one but has too many ribs...

Thanks!
Mitri
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Re: Help with a gift-cactus

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17 ribs is not unusual for E huascha. It is likely a hybrid however. Echinopsis species are some of the most hybridised cacti in cultivation.
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Re: Help with a gift-cactus

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Looks like hybrid to me (my "Garden News" and "Flying Saucers" have about the same stems).
Have to be wonderful flowers.👍
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Re: Help with a gift-cactus

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Thanks, all!

Looks like I'm off to the forums to learn how to get this thing to flower. Thanks for having me!
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