Siler's Pincushion Cactus, Gypsum Cactus, Gypsum Plains Cactus (Pediocactus sile

Livermore, CA(Zone 9a)

This is NOT!!!! Sclerocactus sileri, who identifies plant photos, they need to be looked at more closely. This plant is ?.



Marc Beckstrom

Phoenix, AZ(Zone 9b)

This plant is ...What?

Livermore, CA(Zone 9a)

It is not the best picture to make an ID from and we don’t know the location, but notice it clumping at a young age (Echinocereus, Coryphantha)?, but it is defiantly not Sclerocactus sileri.



Marc Beckstrom

Phoenix, AZ(Zone 9b)

Jordi, Can you give some more location data?

El Cajon, CA

Marc is right. It certainly is not the best picture (2004) due to low resolution... but that is Utahia/Pediocactus sileri!! (not Sclerocactus sileri from the other side of Kaibab Plateau).
The location is near Fredonia and amongst the plants I visit there every now and then are usually a few with offsets.
1st photo taken in 2008, 2nd + 3rd taken in 2011. 4th photo is a grafted seedling.

Hope that helps.

Jordi

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El Cajon, CA

Here are the other 2 photos

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