What Cacti is This? and how do I not Kill it?

This Cacti along with a number of other house plants appear to have been included in our new house when we arrived:o

a) What is it?
b) How do I care for it?

I usually stay away from cacti as we don't see eye to eye

 

I would say it was a Gymnocalycium bruchii var. niveum

Gymnocalicium bruchii var. niveum R727 Cordoba, Argentina

Enjoy the flowers :D

 

Just a guess, its difficult until they flower or get bigger, but the spines remind me of Echinocactus grusonii.

 

Thanks Hadeda but I'm inclined to agree with Pete on this one as it looks closer to Echinocactus grusonii then Gymnocalicium bruchii

It's bound to be common as muck as there's a B&Q down the road and were not too far away from Ikea

 

So what are we looking at on watering side? once every 4 weeks? and how much? I really dislike cacti as you never can tell =/

 

No Problem.... It's quite hard googling thousands of cacti that look the same :wallbang::gaagh:

 

This could be a relative. Slightly more mature.

 

Hey stop taking the mick out of my house plants! it looks nothing like cousin Itt

 

OK, I have a positive ID on this one, it definitely is Echinocactus grusonii, and don't give it much water in the Winter, maybe just a little in the bottom saucer every 3 weeks or so!!

Val

 

I know mine are in a greenhouse but I never water at all from October till late Feb early March.

 

hmmm see the problem comes... has this been watered in the last 6 months at all? I was thinking of giving it a good water and then letting it drain and then not touching it for a month or so but if you don't water yours at all in winter...

also it's in dia need of a repot, now or in spring?

 

Are you going to keep this indoors? Will it be in a warm room? Cactus really like a Winter rest period, temp fairly cold and no water, but if it is a house plant then I suppose it doesn't have a rest.

Val

 

I'd leave it alone for now and repot in spring if you want.

You will never kill by under watering, over watering is easy.

 

It's currently in my room on the window sill where I have the window open all year round:o so no water and no repot gotcha but if it dies expect a PM:roflsign: