Cacti for ID : Oman : 260711 : AK-3

[Aarti S. Khale]

Taken at Muscat,Oman on 13/5/11.

Cultivated in a hotel garden....having a Yellow flower.

Aarti

[Dr Pankaj Kumar]

Could be some of Melocactus sp.
Pankaj

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[Gurcharan Singh]

Resurfacing again for ID

Earlier feedback

Pankaj ji........................................Could be some of Melocactus sp.

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[Madhuri Raut]

This is 

Echinocactus grusonii - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

en.wikipedia.org

Regards

Bhagyashri

[Aarti S. Khale]

Gurcharan Ji,

One of my old posts.

This is also Echinocactus grusonii?

It was identified by Madhuri Ji.

Regards,

Aarti

[Gurcharan Singh]

Yes looks like a flowering one of same, though smaller in size

Dr. Gurcharan Singh

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[Aarti S. Khale]

Thanks Gurcharan Ji for confirming.

These are not small, but huge in size.

I took some pictures today.

Aarti

[J.M. Garg]

Forwarding again for validation please.

Forwarding again for Id confirmation or otherwise please.

Some earlier relevant feedback:

This is Echinocactus grusonii - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Regards Bhagyashri

Yes looks like a flowering one of same, though smaller in size Dr. Gurcharan Singh

Thanks Gurcharan Ji for confirming.

These are not small, but huge in size. I took some pictures today. Aarti

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Date: 26 July 2011 14:13
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Taken at Muscat,Oman on 13/5/11.

Cultivated in a hotel garden....having a Yellow flower.

Aarti

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[Aarti S. Khale]

These are huge balls, more than a feet in width.

Aarti

[Dr P S Sangwan]

Echinocactus grussonei with seed pods.

[J.M. Garg]

A reply;

"This looks like Notocactus schumannianus Isyn Parodia schumanniana).  It looks terrific JM, never seen one that large.

God Bless and Good Growing,
Dan Rhoads - Lincoln, NE - USDA Zone 5b
http://www.flickr.com/photos/28142589@N00/sets/"

[Aarti S. Khale]

Garg Ji, Dr Sangwan Ji,

This is Echinocactus grussonii as identified by Madhuri Ji & Dr Sangwan Ji.

Please check this link

http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/go/53101/#b

And not Notocactus schumannianus as suggested by Dan Rhoads as the flowers are much different.

Regards,

Aarti