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Location: Baja California
Date: 2017-08-04
White-spined plant is fluorescent under black light
Location: Desert Botanical Garden, Phoenix, Arizona
Date: 2016-04-05
Location: Getty Center, Los Angeles, California
Date: 2014-10-25
Location: CA
Date: 4/11/2020
Photo by GardenGuyAZ
Location: San Marino
Date: 2014-06-06
Location: Lotusland Santa Barbara California
Date: 1984 August
Location: CA
Date: 4/2/2020
Very young Echinocactus grusonii

Date: 2021-01-07
Location: Querétaro
Date: 2016-12-14
Ancient plant / Jardín Botánico Regional de Cadereyta
Location: CA
Date: 4/2/2020
Thorns of a very young Echinocactus grusonii
Location: Scottsdale, Arizona
Date: July 2009
Location: Baja California
Date: 2019-12-09
3 years old
Photo by AgaveGirl1

Date: 2018-04-12
On display at Phipps Conservatory and Botanical Gardens, Pittsbur
Location: Baja California
Date: 2019-01-07
White spined form lends itself to backlit pictures
Location: San Clemente
Date: 2021-03-17
What a view!
Location: Guanajuato
Date: 2016-12-12
Location: Scottsdale AZ my yard
Date: 2016-05-17
Location: Conservatory, Frederik Meijer Gardens, Grand Rapids, Michigan
Date: 2018-02-24
Golden barrel cactus (Echinocactus grusoni) - spine details.  The
Location: MOBOT, St Louis
Date: 2011-08-09
Photo by peettee79
Location: Matthaei Botanical Gardens, Ann Arbor
Echinocactus grusonii - This view, from nearly directly overhead,
Location: Ontario, Canada
Date: 2022-08-26
Photo by tarev
Photo by tarev
Location: Matthaei Botanical Gardens, Ann Arbor, MI
Date: 2008-08-30
Location: Baja California
Date: 2019-04-24
Location: SE Michigan
Date: 2017-08-12
Location: CA
Date: 4/11/2020
Another Picture of my Very Young Golden Barrel Cactus
Location: San Clemente
Date: 2020-02-07
Location: Baja California
Date: 2022-01-20
8 months after coring
Location: Guanajuato
Date: 2016-12-12
Location: Tossa de Mar, Spain | April, 2023 
Date: 2023-04-04
Location: Salt Lake City, Utah, United States
Date: 2019-12-12
Huge indoor in-ground specimen.
Photo by Hamwild
Location: Pinya del Rosa Botanical garden
Date: 2019-04-24
Location: Malta Botanical Garden
Date: 2022-09-06
Photo by Lucichar
Location: Mexico
Location: Matthaei Botanical Gardens, Ann Arbor, MI
Date: 2008-08-30
Location: Matthaei Botanical Gardens, Ann Arbor, MI
Date: 2008-03-07
Location:  Tampa, Florida
Date: 2022-05-31
Spotted at local BBS.

Date: 2018-04-12
On display at Phipps Conservatory and Botanical Gardens, Pittsbur

Date: 2017-11-04
Location: Nice
Date: 2019-04-20
Location: Pinya del Rosa Botanical garden
Date: 2019-04-22
Location: Kalama, wa
  • Uploaded by Joy

Date: 2014-01-29
Location: Montreal Quebec Canada Botanical Garden 
Date: 2017-03-26
Location: Fairfax, VA | November 2022
Date: 2022-11-06
Location: Matthaei Botanical Gardens, Ann Arbor, MI
Date: 2008-08-30
Location: Matthaei Botanical Gardens, Ann Arbor, MI
Date: 2008-08-30
Location: San Antonio
Date: 2012-03-13
Location: Orangeburg, SC
Date: 2013-06-17
Golden Barrel Cactus
Location: Southwest Florida
Date: August 2015
Location: Home
Date: 2016-09-16
Location: Baja California
Date: 2016-06-14
White-spined version
Location: RHS Wisley, Surrey, UK.
Date: 2022-08-04

Date: 2014-01-20
Location: Chicago Botanic Garden
Date: 2018-08-31

Date: 2018-10-15
Location: Marimurta Botanical Garden
Date: 2019-04-22

Date: 2013-05-31
Location: Sunny windowsill 2 hrs. then 8 under SunBlaster light
Date: 2019-07-31
Only 2 weeks after seeds sown & a dozen sprouts
Location: Baja California
Date: 2020-12-21
White-spined juvenile
Location: Palmengarten der Stadt Frankfurt am Main
Date: 2018-01-29
Location: Scottsdale AZ my yard
Date: 2016-05-17
Location: Botanical Garden La Concepcion - Malaga
Date: 2015-03-25
Location: Botanical Garden 'Botanicactus' - Mallorca
Date: 2010-11-06
Location: Botanical Garden 'Botanicactus' - Mallorca
Date: 2011-05-02
Location: Botanical Garden 'Botanicactus' - Mallorca
Date: 2008-06-09
Location:  in the background Neobuxbaumia_polylopha, BG Regional de Cadereyta, Querétaro, México
Date: 4000-02-25
Photo courtesy of: Kauderwelsch
Location: Montreal Quebec Canada Botanical Garden 
Date: 2017-03-26
Location: 98108
Date: 2013-03-21
Location: Montreal Quebec Canada Botanical Garden 
Date: 2017-03-26
Location: Balboa Park, San Diego, California
Date: 2015-01-12
Location: Matthaei Botanical Gardens, Ann Arbor, MI
Date: 2008-08-30
Location: West Central Tx 
Date: 2012-03-13
Location: Washington, Utah, United States
Location: San Clemente
Date: 2020-02-24
Echinocactus grusonii f. cristata
Location: Botanical Garden Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Date: 2014-12-11

Date: 2020-06-26

Date: 2020-06-26

Date: 2020-06-26
young plant
Location: Bot. Garden Montreal 1980
Date: 2013-05-30

Date: 2019-04-22
A odd, black spined variety at pinya del rosa. The new spines, an
Location: Baja California
Date: 2021-02-13
Branching after damage to the core... note intrepid snail bottom
Location: Querétaro
Date: 2016-12-14
Location: Jakarta
Date: 2021-07-15
Location: Botanical garden UG, Gent, Belgium
Date: 2015-09-06
Location: Howard Peters Rawlings Conservatory, Baltimore, Maryland
Date: 2017-02-01

Date: 2017-01-16
Location: Hanbury Botanical Gardens, Mortola Inferiore, Italy
Date: 2017-06-14
Location: Matthaei Botanical Gardens, Ann Arbor, MI
Date: 2008-03-07
Location: Baja California
Date: 2021-07-22
White spined version (spines fade fast)

Date: 2013-06-29
Location: San Diego Botanic Garden
Date: 2011-10-31
Photo by jeffgreen
Location: Scottsdale Arizona
Date: 2017-12-02
Location: Sarasota, FL
Date: 2015-04-30
At Selby Gardens
Location: central Illinois - Washington Park Botanical Garden
Date: 2014-03-22
Photo by ljones26
Location: Lanzarote, Canary Islands.
Photo taken on Lanzarote growing in the Garden of Cactus.
Location: Lanzarote, Canary Islands.
Photo taken on Lanzarote growing in the Garden of Cactus.
Location: Jakarta
Date: 2021-07-15
Photo by snarfie
Location: Southwest Florida
Date: February 2012
a group of three Golden Barrels (one odd one added)
Location: U.S. Botanic Garden Conservatory DC
Date: 2018-01-02
Location: Botanical garden UG, Gent, Belgium
Date: 2015-09-06
Location: Botanical garden UG, Gent, Belgium
Date: 2015-09-06
Location: San Diego, Ca.
Date: 2013-08-16 
Photo taken at Balboa Park

Photo courtesy of: Rod Waddington

Date: 2017-01-16
Location: Green Spring Gardens, Alexandria, Virginia, US
Date: 2017-08-20
Golden barrel cactus (Echinocactus grusonii). Called Golden ball
Location: Matthaei Botanical Gardens, Ann Arbor, MI
Date: 2008-03-07
Location: Hyderabad, India
Date: 2009-06-13
Echinocactus grusonii awaiting plantation; image by J M Garg;  GF
Location: Royal Botanical Garden of Madrid
photo credit: Tiia Monto

Date: 2013-06-29

Photo Courtesy of Mountain Crest Gardens. Used with permission.
  • Uploaded by Joy

Date: 2014-02-06

Date: 2020-06-26
Location: greenhouse at Reynolda Gardens, Winston-Salem NC
Date: 2015-04-03
The curved spines on this one are different than the other images

Date: 2014-01-20

Date: 2020-06-26
Location: Krohn conservatory, Cincinnati OH
Date: 7/21/13

Date: 2019-04-22
Closeup of the black-spined specimens at Pinya del Rosa
Location: Lanzarote, Canary Islands.
Photo taken on Lanzarote growing in the Garden of Cactus.
Photo by ljones26
Location: Maui, Lualailua.
Date: March 20, 2007
photo by Forest & Kim Starr
Location: San Diego, Ca.
Date: 2013-08-16 
Photo taken at Balboa Park
Location: Green Spring Gardens, Alexandria, Virginia, US
Date: 2017-08-20
Golden barrel cactus (Echinocactus grusonii). Called Golden ball
Location: Fairfax, VA | August 2022
Date: 2022-08-28

Date: 2013-06-29

Photo Courtesy of Mountain Crest Gardens. Used with permission.
  • Uploaded by Joy
Location: MOBOT, St Louis
Date: 2011-08-09

Date: 2014-08-28
Location: Holmes Beach FL
Date: 2015-06-30
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