@emch this guy is DEFINITELY getting meaner the older he gets. 😬 @sunlovin I bought him unlabeled on Etsy, and my plant nerd friends and I all thought he was a ferocactus FOR SURE bc of the spine formation and patterning. I eventually asked the seller, and she was super cool and figured the ID out for me. I checked her ID, and it checks out! Apparently it's frequently mistaken for a ferocactus. https://www.cactus-art.biz/schede/ECHINOCACTUS/Echinocactus_platyacanthus/Echinocactus_platyacanthus/
Love the new spines starting to emerge from the wooly mire at the center of this cactus. 😆
Awesome pic and very cool spines😯
Genuinely #wickedspines