Please help ID flowering cactus!

If you have a cactus plant and need help identifying it, this is the place to post it.
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CactusBrett
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Please help ID flowering cactus!

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I bought this cactus fairly recently and the man told me that he thought it was about fifteen years old but he didn't know the name.
15 Ribs
glochids which contain 3-10 small black/brown spines inside a yellow/ white fuzz
Produces pale pink flowers
About 2.5 ft tall

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Kamos
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Re: Please help ID flowering cactus!

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Echinopsis oxigona / eyriesii. aka, pink Easter lily cactus.
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CactusJordi
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Re: Please help ID flowering cactus!

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What you call glochids are correctly called areols.

Jordi
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