PlantFiles Pictures: Echinocactus Species, Golden Barrel Cactus (<i>Echinocactus grusonii</i>) by Kell

The Huntington Botanical Gardens

by growin Aug 13, 2011 5:02 PM

Here are some inviting stools to sit upon in the Huntington Gardens, Pasadena, California

by palmbob Jul 16, 2003 3:39 AM

This plant has been photographed in Tenerife

by albleroy Feb 4, 2003 7:26 PM

a flowering plant is beautyfull, flowers are quit small for such a large plant

by albleroy Feb 4, 2003 7:28 PM

this is a plantcluster in own collection

by albleroy Feb 4, 2003 7:30 PM

Here is a unique lanscaping idea as seen on the roof of the Getty Museum, Los Angeles. The blue plant is Sedum ticoides and Agave americana variegata in the far background.

by palmbob Jul 16, 2003 3:41 AM

This cactus can also sucker profusely.

by palmbob Jul 16, 2003 3:44 AM

The Ruth Bancroft Garden, Walnut Creek, California October 2003.

by Happenstance Oct 19, 2003 9:31 AM

This group is growing along the walk in the Desert Botanical Garden in Phoenix, AZ, 2002.

by roshana Oct 24, 2003 7:08 PM

This is a tighter shot of the barrel cactus growing along the walk of the Desert Botanical Garden in Phoenix. These cactus always impress me! I've had one here in dreary Illinois for about three years and it's all of about 2 inches in diameter!

by roshana Oct 25, 2003 10:07 PM

Unlike many plants, golden barrels get more and more beautiful as they grow.

by azrobin Oct 29, 2003 7:29 PM

Private collection in Phoenix, AZ, zone 9b

by Xenomorf Jun 4, 2004 8:51 AM

At the Desert Botanical Gardens in Phoenix, AZ, zone 9b.

by Xenomorf Jul 12, 2004 8:32 AM

At the Desert Botanical Gardens in Phoenix, AZ, zone 9b.

by Xenomorf Jul 12, 2004 8:32 AM

At the Desert Botanical Gardens in Phoenix, AZ, zone 9b.

by Xenomorf Jul 12, 2004 8:32 AM

Top of my Golden Barrel Cactus 7-04

by Scarlete Jul 27, 2004 10:02 AM

4' Diam. 10" High.

by Scarlete Jul 28, 2004 7:50 AM

Close up of top.

by Scarlete Jul 29, 2004 8:33 AM

I know there are several of these pics, but doesn't it look like something at the bottom of the sea?

by palmbob Aug 2, 2004 8:02 AM

plant covered with suckers, southern CAlifornia

by palmbob Jan 3, 2005 9:06 AM

Momma and her 19 babies

by RWhiz Dec 14, 2004 10:58 AM

Golden barrels can do well in a pot like this one. It grew 6" in 8 years. This one is 15" across.

by cacti_lover Feb 7, 2005 10:52 AM

Early April, Springtime, zone 9a/9b. In Phoenix, AZ

by Xenomorf Jul 25, 2005 5:11 PM

by RWhiz Sep 26, 2005 12:14 PM

by cactus_lover Oct 10, 2005 9:49 PM

Echinocactus platyacanthus at Fort Worth Botanic Gardens.

by frostweed Oct 4, 2005 10:46 PM

Growing inside the botanical gardens at Phipps Conservatory in Pittsburgh, PA

by tcfromky Dec 31, 2005 10:26 PM

The dried flower and fuzzy fruit & seeds, October, late summer, zone 9b

by Xenomorf Jan 5, 2006 9:38 PM

The dried flower and fuzzy fruit & seeds, October, late summer, zone 9b

by Xenomorf Jan 3, 2006 10:03 PM

The dried flower and fuzzy fruit & seeds, October, late summer, zone 9b

by Xenomorf Dec 31, 2005 10:26 PM

tall older plant, southern California

by palmbob Feb 2, 2006 9:59 PM

another old plant with 'offsets' in middle of body

by palmbob Feb 2, 2006 9:59 PM

by cactus_lover Aug 23, 2006 11:12 PM

showing new plantlets forming on sides of adult, southern California

by palmbob Oct 6, 2006 4:10 PM

by cactus_lover Mar 2, 2007 10:52 PM

by QCHammy Jan 31, 2008 12:25 PM

Echinocactus grusonii (Golden Barrel Cactus)

by Equilibrium Feb 10, 2008 8:39 PM

Echinocactus grusonii (Golden Barrel Cactus)

by Equilibrium Feb 10, 2008 8:39 PM

Echinocactus grusonii (Golden Barrel Cactus)

by Equilibrium Feb 10, 2008 8:39 PM

Echinocactus grusonii (Golden Barrel Cactus)

by Equilibrium Feb 10, 2008 8:39 PM

All cuddly for the winter in zone 8B/9A. The Ruth Bancroft Garden, Walnut Creek, California.

by Kell Feb 13, 2008 12:44 PM

In the winter, all bundled up. The Ruth Bancroft Garden, Walnut Creek, California.

by Kell Feb 13, 2008 12:44 PM

U of M Matthaei Botanical Gardens, Ann Arbor, Michigan, 3-08

by DaylilySLP Mar 15, 2008 2:54 AM

U of M Matthaei Botanical Gardens, Ann Arbor, Michigan, 3-08

by DaylilySLP Mar 15, 2008 2:54 AM

U of M Matthaei Botanical Gardens, Ann Arbor, Michigan, 3-08 OUCH!

by DaylilySLP Mar 15, 2008 2:54 AM

The Botanical Garden of Helsinki University, GH, September, 2008.

by KashtanGeorge Nov 30, 2008 8:54 PM

Hello, Mister Bighead!

by nomosno Mar 16, 2009 5:06 PM