Roberto

Akro

Good Tommy specimens. For the moment I do not own those with wool "old man's head"..... in Italian ( Cephalocereus senilis) but I will buy them. I see that you have some variegated, (yellow, since they are free of chlorophyll) rather delicate to grow, especially frank, usually they sell them grafted. I have one similar to your first, I think it is from the family "Echinocactus" long plug, while mine has white thorns Correct, yours must be a sferocactus with those pinkish spines, but always long-plug

The one on the left looks like MK

Akro

X2

Tommy 👍

Hi Chad,.... yes, my other passion!

It looks a bit like a European sparkler, but with that seam it sounds a little weird

It could be Heaton's "honey cookie", indeed, for me it is...

Thanks Anna!

With this staining and cutting, I go with the vitro

I have owned the last one for twenty years, when I bought it it was small

Yes, there are many cacti that you can safely touch even without gloves since, either they are without thorns (not all cacti have them) or they are small and curved, therefore harmless, or they can have large and pointed thorns but if touched gently they do not cause any damage. Sometimes, I like to touch their thorns with my whole hand (gently, of course) to feel their protection. The only plants that I never touch are the prickly pear, since (as I mentioned in the thread above) they have very small and tiny transparent thorns called "glochids" that if they come into contact with the skin they can hardly be removed, even with tweezers! In fact, I don't grow prickly pear very much, precisely for this reason. Anyway, for all the other cacti there is absolutely no problem, since I keep pointed tweezers (needle, professional steel) so that if they accidentally get into the skin of my hand, I can easily remove them using a glasses lens,.... it's all about being prepared.

Yes, I'm more for Heaton

It has some cac characteristics, but it does not fully convince me .... nice though

Akro

Akross

Champion

It would seem so

Ravenswood

Update of the first catus of the second link

CAC...tus https://www.allaboutmarbles.com/viewtopic.php?f=11&t=45800&p=371706&hilit=cactus#p371706 https://www.allaboutmarbles.com/viewtopic.php?f=11&t=45789&p=335463&hilit=cactus#p335463

Yes, strange marble. The first two photos had "mastered" me, while the last two have vitro traits

Alley

Vitro for me