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title: "I found this adorable cactus at a nursery today. It was sold as a…"
description: "I found this adorable cactus at a nursery today. It was sold as a “2.75” color ball cactus”…I believe it is some kind of gymnocalycium but I’m not sure what…"
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community: "The Cactus & Succulent Circle"
author: "Ms.Issy"
published: "2025-06-28T23:18:20.680865Z"
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# I found this adorable cactus at a nursery today. It was sold as a…

_Posted by Ms.Issy on 2025-06-28_

I found this adorable cactus at a nursery today. It was sold as a “2.75” color ball cactus”…I believe it is some kind of gymnocalycium but I’m not sure what type.  
Does anyone have any tips on figuring out what type she might be?  
She also has no green on her anywhere. She is purple with pops of pink.  
There is a bud so photosynthesis must be happening; but is the purple sun stressing? Should that actually be a green color?

![Attachment 1 of 2](https://images.getplanta.com/v1/resize/livSpt4Z6M_b_ZjChwUVsgkeRerC3ULlKbMAiYtJK8I/SmAxV4FFTyqqtN7PWnNCqg.webp?size=large)

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## 6 comments

### Blooming Dawn commented on 2025-06-29

I don't know what kind of cactus it is, but (I think) this coloring is completely normal and the flower is a sign of good health I saw this same cactus on a different post and it was healthy. There is also an app called "Seek" you can download but, it struggles with certain cacti.

#### Ms.Issy replied on 2025-06-29

I’ll have to look into that app, it would be very cool if the purple color was natural (and not sun stress)!

### Blooming Dawn commented on 2025-06-29

I think I figured out what cactus it is, Chin Cactus (Gymnocalyicium mihannovichii)

#### Ms.Issy replied on 2025-06-29

I thought that might be it, but then I saw a few others that looked similar and got into my head about it 😂  
It’s good to know that it seems likely to someone else. I’m gonna add it to my Planta account as a Gymnocalyicium Mihannovichii.

### Blooming Dawn commented on 2025-06-29

Awesome and Good Luck!

### Southwest sister commented on 2025-06-30

![Attachment 1 of 1](https://images.getplanta.com/v1/resize/JFSPvy5kGHxXKBa2eYX5YYHIUiIL5AVkGpVXWrjDd_A/PG_X9xpqQzGyLIloNuKXdw.webp?size=large)

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