A Gymno, a Lobivia

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gillinger
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A Gymno, a Lobivia

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I was in a garden centre yesterday and came upon some cacti that had obviously come from someone's personal collection as they had handwritten labels and good compost. When I asked I was told that a guy sometimes brought some in and they'd sell them on his behalf. I managed to get a Copiapoa tenuissima, a Gymnocalycium labelled as hybrid, and these two, labelled as Gymncalycium and Lobivia, but no further details.
Cactiguide doesn't list Lobivia as a species and the photos on Llifle are not very clear so I'm taking a guess here at L. aracnacantha.
For the Gymno I'm thinking G curvispinum or even G denudatum v. curvispinum?
Help, as always, appreciated.
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Np. 1 ?
No. 2 could be Gymnocalycium cardenasianum
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G monvillei
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Re: A Gymno, a Lobivia

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The first one looks like something related to Lobivia backebergii, like Lobivia wrightiana or Lobvia winteriana.
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Thanks for the replies. I'll follow those up
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Nice finds!! Right place, right time.
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