Cacti to identify

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  1. CactusGarden

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    I may suggest some names, please correct me if I am wrong
    thx

    plant1 Cylindropuntia tunicata
    plant2 Euphorbia candelabrum
    plant3 Mammillaria matudae
    plant4 Neoraimondia herzogiana
     

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  2. SusanDunlap

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    Believe all of them are correct except Neoraimondia herzogiana - in your sample the ribs are thicker and the spines angled downward.
     
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    mandarin Active Member 10 Years

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    1. Could be right.

    3. Mammillaria, but I don't think the spination fits matudae. Perhaps spinosissima/pilcayensis?

    4. Pilosocereus pachycladus?
     
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    Pilosocereus pachycladus is a good possibility. I agree.
     
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    Thank you for your help
    I just learned that 1 could be Cylindropuntia rosea ?!! Is it right?
    For the others, I will check later
     
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    I did not find the online search satisfying in searching for a distinction between the two. It appears, perhaps, that the spination of rosea is fine/thinner then your sample; and of course the flower is rose toned. Based on weak evidence I would say your first guess is correct. A comparison of an apical view of the growing tip of the two would be ideal.
     
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    Thank you very much for your help

    I will take a photo of the tip and post it
    thank you for your help
     
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    What about pilosocereus azureus ???
     
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    That is a synonym for P. pachycladus.
     
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    Oh OK ! Thank you !
     
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    Here are some photos of plants I identified but I am not sure I did it all correctly !!! a confirmation would be very welcome.

    plant 5 Aloe lastii

    Plant 6 Aloe brevifolia var depressa

    Plant 7 Thelocactus rinconensis

    Plant 8 Coryphantha pycnacantha
     

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    It's me again! Can any member help with the identification of these cacti??? Unfortunately when I photograghed the plants, they were not in flower !!! many thankx


    Plant 9 .................???

    Plant 10 ................???

    Plant 11 ................???
     

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    7. Possibly correct.
    8. I find Coryphantha hard to identify (I don't think I can name my own if put in front of me without labels :-)), but pycnacantha does not offset readily. I think it looks more like an elephantidens.
    9–11 look like Mammillaria, and since I have owned just a few plants from this big genus I hope that someone else can tell you what they are. No. 10 reminds me of dixanthocentron, 9 and 11 of two thin M. pringlei.
     
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    Thank you for your help; really Mammillaria identification is driving me mad!
     

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