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title: "Hi! I have this little cactus (I named him Herbert) and when he was…"
description: "Hi! I have this little cactus (I named him Herbert) and when he was just a little ball of cactus as a baby, he looked like a feather cactus, so I put that in…"
url: "https://getplanta.com/community/2OB1JXZXRQeo4spB0EojrA/v7n6upl7QzyzyPZOfxm89w"
community: "Plant Identification"
author: "Bean"
published: "2024-08-01T18:23:36.945898Z"
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# Hi! I have this little cactus (I named him Herbert) and when he was…

_Posted by Bean on 2024-08-01_

Hi! I have this little cactus (I named him Herbert) and when he was just a little ball of cactus as a baby, he looked like a feather cactus, so I put that in as his plant type. Now that he has grown more, he doesn't look like one anymore, and I've seen quite a lot of people with cacti like him. Does anyone know what cactus he is?  
ps: I know he is leaning and his roots are coming up, I've been thinking of steadying him with popsicle sticks, would that work?  
pps: the photos are a then (when he looked like a feather cactus) and now kinda situation

![Attachment 1 of 2](https://images.getplanta.com/v1/resize/pi7WQ7S6VhrbBuysep5N2TB2YmPtCHEvh_hDYzXOhIw/ZSXGIPYfTYWOLZgpTqZd3Q.webp?size=large)

![Attachment 2 of 2](https://images.getplanta.com/v1/resize/pi7WQ7S6VhrbBuysep5N2TB2YmPtCHEvh_hDYzXOhIw/uz_cPSptQ8KRNCWE_nexzA.webp?size=large)

## 5 comments

### S.R commented on 2024-08-01

I ran it through the Planta ID but I think it’s wrong. There is one second or third down that looked maybe like a match …. Has yours ever flowered?

![Attachment 1 of 1](https://images.getplanta.com/v1/resize/KQc8xQtzX_hgW9qV4MJoMtVZRz2EwW96zQMr7zTiCZI/8RuogKfwSlqrPJ0bhLn4Iw.webp?size=large)

#### Bean replied on 2024-08-02

no, I do not beleive it has ever flowered?

### meptune ★ commented on 2024-08-01

Angels-wings, maybe?

#### Bean replied on 2024-08-02

I looked that one up and it looks a little flatter than mine, but mines still pretty young its hard to tell.... but i do beleive that my plant is roubded on all sides, not flat?  
i thought maybe it was monkeys tail because it leans and looks like it, but then it started budding new branch thingys? do monkey tails do that?

#### meptune ★ replied on 2024-08-02

I don’t really grow cacti, I used a couple of apps but im not sure. 🤔

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