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Hi Everyone!

First, thank you Henry (Echinocactus123) for choosing my "wild card" photo in the August competition, it was pretty unexpected I must admit!

Back to this month's topic, I will go a bit selfish here, not in the sense of having any chances in winning it, but rather in looking for some inspiration to expand my cacti collection in a very specific direction:

Simple globes with pronounced tubercles or ribs

As a few quick examples, somewhat inspired by last week's Zoom talk (sourced from llifle.com encyclopedia)

Rebutia neumanniana var. kargliana:



Rebutia steinbachii:



and Gymnocalycium mihanovichii:



Fire up!

Here are a couple

juster wrote: ↑Sun Sep 06, 2020 10:08 pm Here are a couple
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That's a pretty good start, especially the first one, as it's hard to tell what's under the spines of the second!

May I ask for an id on these two?

Here is mine. Its a Notocactus leninghausii (I think)

jenniemay wrote: ↑Tue Sep 08, 2020 5:34 pm Here is mine. Its a Notocactus leninghausii (I think) Polish_20200908_173022231.jpg

Thats a really wierd but unique looking cactus

Russell99 wrote: ↑Tue Sep 08, 2020 5:44 pm

jenniemay wrote: ↑Tue Sep 08, 2020 5:34 pm Here is mine. Its a Notocactus leninghausii (I think) Polish_20200908_173022231.jpg

Thats a really wierd but unique looking cactus

That's why I bought it. I do like a "different" looking cacti.

MatDz wrote: ↑Tue Sep 08, 2020 5:11 pm [quote=juster post_id=299127 time=<a href="tel:1599426524">1599426524</a> user_id=6895]
Here are a couple
IMG_1164.JPG
IMG_1163.JPG

That's a pretty good start, especially the first one, as it's hard to tell what's under the spines of the second!

May I ask for an id on these two?
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The first is Gymnocalycium oenanthum, the second is Neoporteria nidus. Yes the spines of the latter are rather dense, but it's definitely a globe! I love the way the spines curve around the body.

jenniemay wrote: ↑Tue Sep 08, 2020 5:34 pm Here is mine. Its a Notocactus leninghausii (I think) Polish_20200908_173022231.jpg

If the adult plant is going to look like here (http://www.llifle.com/Encyclopedia/CACT ... ninghausii), this is cheating
Nonetheless, a lovely specimen, straight to the wishlist!

juster wrote: ↑Tue Sep 08, 2020 10:34 pm [...]

The first is Gymnocalycium oenanthum, the second is Neoporteria nidus. Yes the spines of the latter are rather dense, but it's definitely a globe! I love the way the spines curve around the body.

Thanks! Totally agree on the spines curvature, I need to check the genius to see if there are any a tad less hairy!

MatDz wrote: ↑Tue Sep 08, 2020 11:47 pm

jenniemay wrote: ↑Tue Sep 08, 2020 5:34 pm Here is mine. Its a Notocactus leninghausii (I think) Polish_20200908_173022231.jpg

If the adult plant is going to look like here (http://www.llifle.com/Encyclopedia/CACT ... ninghausii), this is cheating
Nonetheless, a lovely specimen, straight to the wishlist!

juster wrote: ↑Tue Sep 08, 2020 10:34 pm [...]

The first is Gymnocalycium oenanthum, the second is Neoporteria nidus. Yes the spines of the latter are rather dense, but it's definitely a globe! I love the way the spines curve around the body.

Thanks! Totally agree on the spines curvature, I need to check the genius to see if there are any a tad less hairy!

Ah but for now it is a little ball, so must still meet the spec!

Does this count
1.lophophora williamsii ( gymnocalycium schickendantzii at the back) 2. A bit older, L.williamsii