Many thanks for the info, Ian Anderson and Pilbeam both give haageana up to four central spines, and you're right my plant has six (about 1-1.2cm long). It also has - as you suggest - woolly tubercles on the recent new growth and woolly axils beneath (the latter again suggesting rhodantha). Tubercle...

Thanks both for your suggestions. I'm now a little confused - it's very like M. haageana acultzingensis (especially the picture in John Pilbeam's book) but he says it grows to 8-10cm (my plant is 22cm). Mind you it was only described in 1994 so maybe he'd only seen 5-year plants at that time! ...and...

My guess is that these are actually Echinopsis hybrids, with one of the parents perhaps being Echinosis chamaecereus.
Mike

And slightly closer...
Mike



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This is a plant I was given to 'rescue' a while back and it has finally rewarded me with a few flowers, can anybody help it gain a name as well? It's a six inch pot.
Mike

I'd say that was definitely a Sempervivum - wonderful plants!
Mike

I'm sure tat's a Parodia - probably one of the species that used to be in Notocactus. Maybe (just maybe) P. concinna.
Mike