All, I like this forum very much as we can create our own plant list and also link the plants to the database. In the beginning it was really fun and exciting, but there are also alot of cactus that I can not find a suitable home for them, please help me to match the correct ID or database, I have put numbers in all the cactuses, thanks in advance for assistance, really appreciate that..






Gymnos 1 to 5 looks quite similar, clear differences on no 1 (has longer spines dan there are some wooly at the base of the spine), no 5 has curly spines.
No 2 to 4 somehow similar, no. 2 looks like Gymnocalycium riograndense normally with 13 ribs, but I have no 3 & 4 that have 8 & 15 ribs, are they the same or different species?


No.8 is an offsets from a grafted gymno





The seller said no. 13 is gymnocactus viereckii, but I can not find it in the database, I attached also the picture of its mother, like the strong character of the spines




15 for today, will continue on the list in the next couple of days...

Im not gonna bother with numbers because too much, but i spot
-at least 1 gymnocalyium anitsi
-a crested cereus tetragonus
-what I assume is a crested kleinia(senecio)
-the grafted would be g.mihanovichi/friedrichii
and unlucky 13 is a corpyhantha(elongated areoles on the tubercules)

I'm afraid I can't be very helpful here.

9. Euphorbia
11. Euphorbia flanaganii crest (with reversions, keep the reversions!)
12. Haworthia?

Thanks to @skopjecollection and @Baja_Costero for the input, this is what we get so far:

2. Gymno Anisitsii
7. crested cereus tetragonus
8. Gymno Miha
13. Coryphantha hintoniorum
15. Mammilaria geminispina

For the euphorbia and haworthia, I will see wheter we can get to their subspecies.
And for no. 11, it looks like it is not crested kleinia(senecio) or Euphorbia flanaganii crest . The look and feel of no. 11 is like chinese vegetable


When I checked on Euphorbia flanaganii in google, possibly I have 1, eventhough the spines looks slightly different, then come no 16. will this no 16 be Euphorbia flanaganii ?

The difference between 11 and 16 is that , no 11 will easily dry out when exposed to a lot of direct sunlight, 16 is happy with sunlight, when you cut them, the 11 will have a lot of white sap, but 16 will have clear gel (like aloevera).

Kaktus said:Thanks to @skopjecollection and @Baja_Costero for the input, this is what we get so far:

2. Gymno Anisitsii
7. crested cereus tetragonus
8. Gymno Miha
13. Coryphantha hintoniorum
15. Mammilaria geminispina

For the euphorbia and haworthia, I will see wheter we can get to their subspecies.
And for no. 11, it looks like it is not crested kleinia(senecio) or Euphorbia flanaganii crest . The look and feel of no. 11 is like chinese vegetable


When I checked on Euphorbia flanaganii in google, possibly I have 1, eventhough the spines looks slightly different, then come no 16. will this no 16 be Euphorbia flanaganii ?

The difference between 11 and 16 is that , no 11 will easily dry out when exposed to a lot of direct sunlight, 16 is happy with sunlight, when you cut them, the 11 will have a lot of white sap, but 16 will have clear gel (like aloevera).

Then baja is right because euphorbia has milky sap.
16 would be austrocylindropuntia vestita cristata, a cactus.

Also 10 is another euphorbia, but you need to upload a better photo

skopjecollection said:Also 10 is another euphorbia, but you need to upload a better photo

Hi Stefan, thanks for assistance, these are the cleare picture of no. 10, it is very thin like paper, but has a strong spines, quite small, the pot size is around 7cm

That is a nice looking plant.

You should know more about your mystery Euphorbia crest (with the white sap) if/when it branches from the reversions. Compare to this plant, which posed for a photo just before it was pruned (normal, medusiform growth removed for the purposes of propagation). There are no spines, only tiny vestigial leaves.



My crested medusa was my best source of normal offsets for propagation, because the reversions typically form new heads if given time. This weird relation is true for other crested plants, where the reversions are actually worth keeping (because the normal version may not branch much if at all).

Ok, will monitor the crested euphorbia, it can not tolerate hot weather, a lot of it's branches dry out.
And another 2 cacti for identification, no 17 should be Gymno, but do not know which species, quite a decent size, around 12cm in diameter.
No. 18 looks very similar to mammillaria un pico, but his one without the needle spines..
Any suggestions ? Hope you guys do not feel bored, they are more to come, I am desperate also in searching internet to look for ID

Kaktus said:Ok, will monitor the crested euphorbia, it can not tolerate hot weather, a lot of it's branches dry out.
And another 2 cacti for identification, no 17 should be Gymno, but do not know which species, quite a decent size, around 12cm in diameter.
No. 18 looks very similar to mammillaria un pico, but his one without the needle spines..
Any suggestions ? Hope you guys do not feel bored, they are more to come, I am desperate also in searching internet to look for ID

The name is mammillaria polythele cv stachelios, or forma inermis...

Compare number 12 to Hawarthia marumiana

HeatherH444 said:Compare number 12 to Hawarthia marumiana

Hi Heather, thanks for assisting in no.12, but when I checked the Haworthia marumiana in google, it seems like they have pattern on their leaves, hence mine is not showing much pattern, maybe will keep this for sometime to see whether they will develop any pattern as they grow. tx

And This is no 19 for ID, love the curly spines so much

# 10 Euphorbia stenoclada?

HeatherH444 said:# 10 Euphorbia stenoclada?

Thanks a lot Heather, base on that information, I do a further research and find an information saying that this is actually a cross breeding between Euphorbia Grandicornis dan Euphorbia Pseudocactus, they group this under Euphorbia Zig zag, but I am not very sure also, may be others can also confirm this

I accidently found a link in google, it looks like no. 10 is Euphorbia Wakefieldii ?