Hiya folks,

Apologies if these cacti dont look how they should, Im no expert in keeping them.

If you could ID any of the below plants that would be great. I have just re pot them as they out grew there tiny pots, roots where showing out of the bottom !!

The plants :)
















Thank you for any help :)

Joel

1st is a Ferrocactus.

2nd a Mammillaria.

6th is (I think) a cristate Opuntia of some type.

Without my books to hand, that's as close as I can get!

Thank you Aidan ... if you get a spare 10 mins please could you get some exact IDs ?

If not thank you mate at least I have a few of them labeled.

Joel

im no expert but a colleague of mine grows cacti and he thinks the first one ferocactus latispinus..

try this link;

http://www.desert-tropicals.com/Plants/succulents.htm

SteveT and Tim are much better at identifying cacti than I am.

Mammillaria may be difficult to identify as to exact species. There are a lot of them and many appear similar.

Thanks, I tried to have a look after you gave me the family names but I couldnt tell them apart Lol.

Fingers crossed they find my post :)

Joel

Heh, Aidan got the same ID thingies as me on TerraForums.

-Ben

Hi Joel
I`ll have a guess
1 - Ferocactus Emoryi ssp Emoryi
2 - Mammillaria Elongata -red spined form
3 - Chamaecereus Silvestrii (now under Lobivia) or one of its many hybrids.
4 - Pilocereus ? possibly under the Borzicactus name depending on book
5 - Cereus
6 - cristate Opuntia
7 - Cleistocactus ?
very hard to tell as many cacti change as they mature and fill out and another annoying aspect is for them to have their names changed every once in awhile :x
Give me a bit more time and i may be able to thumb through some more books
Steve

Steve, I am VERY greatful for you to take the time to ID these cacti.

I spent a good while on some sites but they look so alike Lol.

The only one I got right was the first one :)

Thank you again Steve,

Joel

Hi Joel
I think the 7th one is Cleistocactus Smaragdiflorus .
Steve

Thank you Steve :)