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title: "What do you all do when you want to add a plant and planta doesn't…"
description: "What do you all do when you want to add a plant and planta doesn't have it? I suggested adding so I'll wait and see. I can't find anything with a similar name…"
url: "https://getplanta.com/community/2OB1JXZXRQeo4spB0EojrA/65DnLctNnkmedB9suqjfYW"
community: "Plant Identification"
author: "GreenJess"
published: "2025-12-21T01:35:26.728495Z"
language: "en"
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# What do you all do when you want to add a plant and planta doesn't…

_Posted by GreenJess on 2025-12-21_

What do you all do when you want to add a plant and planta doesn't have it? I suggested adding so I'll wait and see. I can't find anything with a similar name even and planta suggestions aren't great.

(I bought a discount cactus today labeled notocactus elegans)

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## 8 comments

### Phil commented on 2025-12-21

Try searching in Planta for “Silver Ball Cactus”. I think yours is very close to that.

#### GreenJess replied on 2025-12-21

Same family for sure but the spines on mine are yellow and it's not nearly as fuzzy as a silver ball. I assume the care is pretty similar though.

### Tracy Lee commented on 2025-12-21

Every time I have made a suggestion it never comes to anything…

#### MicAZ replied on 2025-12-21

Same. Sometimes I wonder if the existing ones that have that default generic pic is one that was a suggested add. May just take forever? Idk, but I like specifics and it’s hard on me, lol.

#### GreenJess replied on 2025-12-21

Darn. I really like it to match my plants

### SidBadKid commented on 2025-12-27

Google says golden barrel

#### GreenJess replied on 2025-12-27

Maybe? I have no idea. Guess Ill see what happens as it grows

#### SidBadKid replied on 2025-12-28

Sometimes I use google image search if I don’t think it matches on the app! But most of them looked like yours!

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