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title: "I bought this plant today and was needing some help with ID. My…"
description: "I bought this plant today and was needing some help with ID. My research is showing a lot of similar looking cacti. My current guess is a White Barrel Cactus…"
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author: "Moonscar1"
published: "2024-07-19T01:24:56.335905Z"
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# I bought this plant today and was needing some help with ID. My…

_Posted by Moonscar1 on 2024-07-19_

I bought this plant today and was needing some help with ID. My research is showing a lot of similar looking cacti. My current guess is a White Barrel Cactus or a Mother of Hundreds

![Attachment 1 of 2](https://images.getplanta.com/v1/resize/803lRv4y2JBRm7u4aWNFXK3HJdo_Hp62F0VfTRLBtcE/HEZNQWM4SragTe1E8Kpahg.webp?size=large)

![Attachment 2 of 2](https://images.getplanta.com/v1/resize/803lRv4y2JBRm7u4aWNFXK3HJdo_Hp62F0VfTRLBtcE/zONCjR3oSweJynqEuQlFng.webp?size=large)

## 11 comments

### Tyler commented on 2024-07-19

95% sure it’s Mammalaria bocasana. It’s definitely mammalaria genus though.

#### Moonscar1 replied on 2024-07-19

Thank you! I’ve been guessing Mammalaria, but Bocasana does look very similar! I love the common name “Powder Puff” as well

### Tyler commented on 2024-07-19

No problem! The little hooks were the give away. It’s been on the shelf for a while, be careful acclimating it. You should be able to slow down or stop the etiolation.

#### Moonscar1 replied on 2024-07-19

I just work at the store and they were our new shipment. any advice for helping fix or even just identifying the etoliation?

#### Mara replied on 2024-07-21

There is no etiolation. She looks good from here.

#### Tyler replied on 2024-07-22

There is definitely some beginning. A M. bocasana’s “nipples” are held more closely to the trunk when grown in part/full sun. It’s not etiolation in the sense we’re more familiar with in columnar and barrel cacti where the trunk reaches. This kind specifically causes a messy loose appearance instead of a more compact rosette form. The light green growth is it saying I’m going to grow these “nipples” longer to increase light surface area. They grow under the cover of other plants naturally in Mexico, so they don’t need a full days sun to stay neat and compact.

### Millie commented on 2024-07-19

definitely a powder puff cactus! :)

### Freedomskai commented on 2024-07-19

Powder puff!!

### Daisy commented on 2024-07-22

Picturethis plant identifier and I say it’s an old lady cactus without flowers

![Attachment 1 of 1](https://images.getplanta.com/v1/resize/Jj9fEdoN7gDLRMXY5NZMsja622Uoq7vtfwFD83HBQYg/uPv4ECECR6axMa4p5cDm6Q.webp?size=large)

### Daisy commented on 2024-07-22

It looks like it ALOT

#### Moonscar1 replied on 2024-07-23

I’ll definitely look into this, they do look very similar

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