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title: "I had a cactus and succulent that was potted together for a few…"
description: "I had a cactus and succulent that was potted together for a few years. I completely neglected it and the succulents were totally dead and I tossed them. I was…"
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community: "Plant Identification"
author: "JR"
published: "2026-02-19T15:20:27.026095Z"
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# I had a cactus and succulent that was potted together for a few…

_Posted by JR on 2026-02-19_

I had a cactus and succulent that was potted together for a few years. I completely neglected it and the succulents were totally dead and I tossed them. I was hoping to maybe save my cactus since she was still a bit green. I have no clue what it is though. Does anyone know that it could be?

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## 5 comments

### Lisa Anglim commented on 2026-02-19

I’d say interesting would be as good a guess as I could make.

#### JR replied on 2026-02-19

😂 I tried to identify it with another app and it said a spiral cactus but they are tall and definitely don’t have as long of spikes. Though maybe it would have grown taller if I did a better job of taking care of it before haha

### B’s Plants commented on 2026-02-20

Looks like a Ferocactus Histrix

#### JR replied on 2026-02-20

It definitely does! Thank you

#### B’s Plants replied on 2026-02-21

Mine didn’t make it 😬 Best of luck !

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