Whats your most spine'd Cactus

Just a thought, whats your most fierce looking Cacti
Mine is Opuntia Erinacea also called The Grizzly Bear Cactus

 

I've got lots of cacti and I don't know which is the spiniest lol
However I do have one Opuntia (don't know the specific epithet) and I keep well away from it because the glochids are vicious !

 

Define spiniest cactus. Do you mean the most spines, the longest or simply the most vicious.
Ferocactus hamatacanthus, Long, hooked and sharp.

Another unknown covered with sharp spikes.

Mammalaria bombycina could win on several counts, number and hookedness


Cactus "with no name" Probably a ferocactus species. Sharp and stout prone to unprovoked attacks


I'll have a look in the greenhouse later for some more spiney cacti.

 

Not the spiniest, but by far the most vicious. The spines are very thin and feel almost like soft bits of translucent thread... Almost. They get absolutely everywhere.

In hindsight, bathroom windowsill where one has to open the window behind daily is not perhaps the most intelligent placement of the plant.

Seed grown Dragonfruit:

 

I've got this Opuntia.


How about a saguaro.

 

Wow, thanks for your replies all, some vicious looking cacti there , thanks for sharing

 

@NigelJ

what I meant Nigel , was the cactus that seems to bite you, when ever you get to close , the ones that look innocent, but leave you picking and scratching all night

 

In that case go for Epiphyllum hybrids have hair like transparent spikes that slip in, disappear and hurt until they emerge in a lump some time later.

 

I know the ones you mean butty

 

No photos at the mo, but I have a plethora of scratchy bitey things!
Various opuntias, echinocactus, ferocactus and a whole host of other stuff that 'get yer' as soon as you look at them....I love 'em!!
I also grow a lot of stabby succulents and palms

 

I only have 3, in my diy cactus kit brought from the US. They all are spiny but the Ferocactus (latispinus?) is the most vicious.

 

Your cactus are looking great together in their bowl, and I see what you mean about the ferocactus, looks vicious

 

Although slow growing, the Ferocactus is growing into the other two and will have to be split up, shame I liked the bowl they came with.

 

For the shear number of spines then Echinocereus rigidissimus ssp. rubrispinus is pretty hard to beat..............
Echinocereus rigidissimus ssp. rubrispinus by longk48, on Flickr

 

@longk
That’s a lovely looking plant and the flower is stunning , thanks for sharing