So, is it "Kiwi"?

1 Pachycereus pecten-aboriginum jr? (look also Polaskia chende)
2 Mammillaria polythele / rhodantha?

Show it next summer with flowers.

Heat mats arent very expencive. I use heating in autumn and spring but all the winter coĺlection spents in a garage on shelves with modest lights at +5 / + 12 C. Only brazileiros move to the house, cause they die at lower temps. Your task is to hold temps below 0, remember that each light frost is a...

You've got better than echinopsis, the name is clear, care is simple, flowering is showing and abundant all warm season, you can adore each flower much more than a single day, this fellow is more compact vs echinopsis.

Buchii is usually very flat and look like HUGE kermesina with short red flowers...

Can't say field number but my about 15 year old rauschii (origined from UK) also hadn't flower yet.

Very beautiful flowers. Black throat of flower is unique.
This species has also red, pink, orange and as it was said earlier, nearly white (cv Anemone) flowers.

Fantastic flowering!

Patrick wrote: ↑Thu May 21, 2020 7:21 pm <...> I hope this helps?

Great help, Patrick, many thanks! I know Sotavento very good and we stay usually in Manta Rota or VRSA.
Do you grow some cacti in a garden? Do you protect them from the sun and rain?
Is there a cactus society in Portugal?
Cumprimentos,
Antti