Whats your most spine'd Cactus

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    Just a thought, whats your most fierce looking Cacti
    Mine is Opuntia Erinacea also called The Grizzly Bear Cactus :yikes:
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      I've got lots of cacti and I don't know which is the spiniest lol
      However I do have one Opuntia (don't know the specific epithet) and I keep well away from it because the glochids are vicious !

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        Define spiniest cactus. Do you mean the most spines, the longest or simply the most vicious.
        Ferocactus hamatacanthus, Long, hooked and sharp.
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        Another unknown covered with sharp spikes.
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        Mammalaria bombycina could win on several counts, number and hookedness
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        Cactus "with no name" Probably a ferocactus species. Sharp and stout prone to unprovoked attacks
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        I'll have a look in the greenhouse later for some more spiney cacti.
         
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          Not the spiniest, but by far the most vicious. The spines are very thin and feel almost like soft bits of translucent thread... Almost. :yikes: They get absolutely everywhere.

          In hindsight, bathroom windowsill where one has to open the window behind daily is not perhaps the most intelligent placement of the plant. :scratch:

          Seed grown Dragonfruit:
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            pete Growing a bit of this and a bit of that....

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            I've got this Opuntia.
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            How about a saguaro. 16332596021605410737400296636240.jpg
             
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              Wow, thanks for your replies all, some vicious looking cacti there , thanks for sharing :)
               
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              @NigelJ

              what I meant Nigel , was the cactus that seems to bite you, when ever you get to close , the ones that look innocent, but leave you picking and scratching all night :)
               
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              In that case go for Epiphyllum hybrids have hair like transparent spikes that slip in, disappear and hurt until they emerge in a lump some time later.
               
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                I know the ones you mean butty :yikes:
                 
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                No photos at the mo, but I have a plethora of scratchy bitey things!
                Various opuntias, echinocactus, ferocactus and a whole host of other stuff that 'get yer' as soon as you look at them....I love 'em!!
                I also grow a lot of stabby succulents and palms:yikes:
                 
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                  I only have 3, in my diy cactus kit brought from the US. They all are spiny but the Ferocactus (latispinus?) is the most vicious.
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                    Your cactus are looking great together in their bowl, and I see what you mean about the ferocactus, looks vicious
                     
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                    Although slow growing, the Ferocactus is growing into the other two and will have to be split up, shame I liked the bowl they came with.
                     
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                        That’s a lovely looking plant and the flower is stunning , thanks for sharing :wow:
                         
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