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title: "Can anyone identify this cactus? The plant scan function keeps…"
description: "Can anyone identify this cactus? The plant scan function keeps suggesting species that I know are wrong. It looks closest to a blue columnar cactus, but the…"
url: "https://getplanta.com/community/lZ7uAE3pQ86jnFGxrCwLrg/653ee0d34793b6c17037f68a"
community: "Anything about plants"
author: "The Mar Vistan"
published: "2023-10-29T22:46:43.915Z"
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# Can anyone identify this cactus? The plant scan function keeps…

_Posted by The Mar Vistan on 2023-10-29_

Can anyone identify this cactus? The plant scan function keeps suggesting species that I know are wrong. It looks closest to a blue columnar cactus, but the coloring is wrong. Ideas?

![Attachment 1 of 1](https://images.getplanta.com/v1/resize/-TJhgOaW4V-GR82DtDk7N_WowBLTHXkNgEtUZ18keh8/eeeea7668eed4e59b9988ffead2706df.webp?size=large)

## 3 comments

### Mon commented on 2023-10-30

![Attachment 1 of 1](https://images.getplanta.com/v1/resize/GlISw_t-ELT3xak79movEk_lQzOSNQJfHXLDJ0TBe68/6c3696076b314920adcbbe658c2aadb0.webp?size=large)

### MummaDeb commented on 2023-10-30

Some type of echinopsis according to LeafSnap.

### Dave\_opuntiaface commented on 2023-11-05

I am still a little stumped, and I think this is close but not sure. So many of the Cereus are distinct due to, like, this one has six spines per areole, but this one has nine. ps I searched with “five rib cereus cactus golden needles young” lol.

![Attachment 1 of 1](https://images.getplanta.com/v1/resize/gFKgBIDtQUSoNHyzAXA4pLM-wYI4yLGXFPAMGDtMt3o/35a37a5656b34792bdadf6553429bb70.webp?size=large)

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