Is this Ferocactus?? :)

dianashh

10 years ago

Hi, I bought these cacti today for $3 :D and thinking if these are Ferocactus? Help please :)

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dianashh
Original Author
10 years ago
Got 3 of them :) 1 is white and 2 pink
dianashh
Original Author
10 years ago
At the nursery
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cactusmcharris, interior BC Z4/5
10 years ago
Diana,

Those all look like Gymnocalyciums, the flowering ones anyway. Those ones at the bottom of the tray/pic (last one), those are Ferocactus.
amsten09
10 years ago
Whatever it is it is beautiful!
Dzitmoidonc
10 years ago
I agree with my esteemed, everything-Aloe expert, pretty good with Sedums and Kalanchoes too, Canadian imported friend. Your Ferocactus number about 8 (look like Ferocactus latispinus) and are located on the bottom of the photo taken at the nursery.

One easy way to find Feros is to run your fingernail along the largest spine. Just about every Fero has transverse ridges on it. This means the ridges run the short way on the spines. You will feel the ridges, even on species with straight spines like F. hystrix. If the spine is smooth, it likely is not a Fero.