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title: "Need help confirming my Mammillaria ID 🌵 Hi everyone! I recently…"
description: "Need help confirming my Mammillaria ID 🌵 Hi everyone! I recently picked up this cactus and I’m getting mixed IDs, so I’d love your help figuring out what it…"
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community: "Plant Identification"
author: "GreenJess"
published: "2025-10-13T00:07:41.905455Z"
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# Need help confirming my Mammillaria ID 🌵 Hi everyone! I recently…

_Posted by GreenJess on 2025-10-13_

Need help confirming my Mammillaria ID 🌵

Hi everyone! I recently picked up this cactus and I’m getting mixed IDs, so I’d love your help figuring out what it actually is.

The tag says Mammillaria elegans  
The QR code links to Mammillaria geminispina  
The Planta app identifies it as Mammillaria haageana

I’d love to know which species it most closely matches—or what traits to watch for as it matures.

Thanks in advance for any insight!

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## 1 comment

### Killerbudgie commented on 2026-08-09

Mammillaria microthele, or Mammillaria candida, as per google. 🤷‍♀️🙄🤪

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