What's this plant?: SOLVED: Here is the mystery cactus in bloom

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timmijo Ellendale, DE (Zone 7a) November 16, 2009 03:24 AM	Cactus? Or something else? View Larger
Zaragoza Zaragoza Spain (Zone 8b) November 16, 2009 04:51 PM	Obviously without a photo of the stem an ID will be impossible. At least, it's a cactus, true.
Xenomorf Valley of the Sun, AZ (Zone 9b) November 16, 2009 05:55 PM	There are many Cactus flowers that look like that. When the bloom goes away, get some photos of the body of the cactus. It will be easier to identify it then.
Stake Barmera Australia November 17, 2009 01:31 AM	G'Day All. You are right there can't be a positive ID without seeing the whole plant. But I often jump in where Angels fear to tread. The flower looks like a Coryphantha perhaps either C. echinus or C. elephantides. Brian
timmijo Ellendale, DE (Zone 7a) November 17, 2009 01:38 AM	Hey, guys and gals. I'm too slow to figure out how to upload two photos in the same post, so if you scroll around, you will see the cactus in its entirety just one or two posts apart and not just this yellow bloom photo. I tried to post them one right after the other. Someone thought it might be an Astrophytum...
Stake Barmera Australia November 17, 2009 01:39 AM	I didn't see the posting down further nor did I notice the solved. Perhaps that went up while I was typing. What is it please? Brian
ecrane3 Dublin, CA (Zone 9a) November 17, 2009 01:42 AM	The way to keep your photos together is to reply to your original post--each time you reply you can upload another picture. You can only put them in one at a time, but as long as they're all posted as replies within the same thread it keeps them together so everyone can see all of them.
timmijo Ellendale, DE (Zone 7a) November 17, 2009 01:52 AM	Thanks for that advice, and I did just check, and my posts on this particular cactus in the I.D. forum are not that far apart (and there's only one timmijo, lol). Still seeking positive I.D. It looked like the Astrophytums were all silver-colored, for the most part. Mine is green as green can be.
Xenomorf Valley of the Sun, AZ (Zone 9b) November 17, 2009 02:35 AM	Here's the link to the thread that has a picture of the body of the Cactus http://davesgarden.com/community/forums/t/1056331/

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