Gymnocalycium IDs please

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IamFof
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Gymnocalycium IDs please

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Hi guys

Just getting back into cacti and at the same time, reorganising the images I have of the plants I had in the Land of Oz.
This has led to a bit of confusion, in my ancient and tiny mind.
This one was planted in an outdoor bed I had in Sydney, and had it labelled as G. mihanovichii.
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This one, recently purchased, was labelled G. mihanovichii, but looks totally different. Explainable by totally different growing environments, but definately in the Mihanovichii group.
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As a confirmation, I asked on another forum and was advised that neither are G. m, but are, in fact, G. fredrichii.

In the pics from Sydney, however, I have these images:-
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The first is clearly labelled G. fredrichii (not my label), when I first got it.
The next 2 pics are the same plant 2 years later.
To me, it bears no similarity to the others.
Definately a Gymno, by the chin below the areole, but which one?

Anyone willing to suggest what any of them are?

TIA

Fof
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Re: Gymnocalycium IDs please

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Gymnocalycium mihanovichii subsp. friedrichii is the pink-flowered form, regular Gymnocalycium mihanovichii has yellow to green flowers.

I think the last one is a form of Gymnocalycium anisitsii.
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Re: Gymnocalycium IDs please

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Thanks, greenknight. :hello1: :hello1:
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