I need an ID for my cactus

Mema · Post by **Mema** » Mon Jan 16, 2006 1:44 pm

Hello!
This is a great site!
I am a girl from Norway who just discovered this site. And I have some cactus I need to identify! I hope somebody can help me.

The cactus is ca 1 years old and 3 months. It has ca 16 "babys" on it.(I dont know what it is called in egnlig, but i hope you understand) I took it from my mums cactus who is really big!
I really like this cactus so i hope somebody can ID it for me!

I am sorry for my english, but I am fra Norway.

This is the cactus
http://photobucket.com/albums/e338/mere ... IM1211.jpg

I also wonder about another cactus we have. It is over 20 years old, and it´s my mums cactus.

Dominique · Post by **Dominique** » Mon Jan 16, 2006 7:43 pm

Welcome, Mema. First plant looks like mammillaria elongata. Second one, looks like echinopsis oxygona. Second one must have given many flowers considering its age. Do they look like these ?

Post by **daiv** » Mon Jan 16, 2006 8:30 pm

I agree with Dominique on the Mamm. For the second one it looks a little too tall and skinny for oxygona, but that may just be because of the small pot and light conditions. Flower should help a lot.

Mema · Post by **Mema** » Mon Jan 16, 2006 10:41 pm

Thank you for all help!

The flowers on Dominiques picture looks like the flowers on mine. But the color is more like pink. I dont have any pictures of the flowers : /

Post by **daiv** » Mon Jan 16, 2006 10:57 pm

Pink is correct:

http://www.cactiguide.com/cactus/?genus ... es=oxygona