Guess that cactus - game

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Guess that cactus - game

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Thought it may be fun to play a guessing game. not for prizes, just for hoots.

I will post a picture every week and guess what it is. mot will be closeups, just parts. A hint, these are not true to type plants, many are "mutants" :) should make things a little more challenging for the brainiacs around here that know way too much for their own good (thats aimed at you ) :lol:

guess the species, and try to guess the variety/form/cultivar/________ etc.

first one is easy.

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Gymnocalycium mihanovichii friedrichii 'Rubra' a.k.a. "mutant freak"? :P
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new growth on Acanthocereus? Hylocereus?

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peterb wrote:new growth on Acanthocereus? Hylocereus?
That's what I was thinking, but I haven't seen a pink form of either of those.
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close on being a tropical vine cactus, and being new growth.

it is a variegated Selenicereus grandiflorus
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here is a new one

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Post by CoronaCactus »

Some kind of Cereus spiral form? or maybe E. pachanoi?
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well the colour is confusing but ehm.. a myrtle?
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I will give you a hint. its not Echinopsis (or Trichocereus), Cereus or Myrtillocactus. but your on the right track, it is columnar.
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Post by dustin0352 »

I have one of these buggers and cannot remember the name of it.... Dang not a type of Stenocereus??
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A twisted form of Polaskia?
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Dustin, ya got the Genus, knwo what species? and daiv is half right :)

i have not yet seen another spiral form (of this species), and not sure if this one will stick or not, fingers crossed.
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Must be pruinosus then.

Those haven't come up much lately like they used to.
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I second Daiv's guess.
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Yeah, it looks like S. pruinosus to me too.
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Is it one of these??

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