[edit: Can anybody help me identify the first one?]
Yesterday I found these two beauties for €2 each! Some of the cacti there had literally been simply thrown over a pot of organic soil, with their roots bound in the shape of the previous smaller pot (see the last picture)! But hey, at least they weren't overwatered. I just repotted them both, now they'll be quarantined on the other side of the room just to be sure, but they look rather good.
The first one is very likely a Mammillaria, but I'm not sure which one. Albinata perhaps? I know it should look whiter, but it's the only one that matches the pattern of 2 to 4 straight white spines with black tips and little to no browning at the top. Any thoughts? She certainly put up a fight when I was reporting, despite the gloves, and the fact that it got suddenly windy didn't help. But we made it! To my surprise the roots were already expanding to the newer soil, so some got traumatised in the reporting – I'll wait a week before watering.
The second one should be a Golden Barrel cactus. It pierced me all the way through the skin, but I would've reacted the same way if a giant was throwing me around a plastic table, so we're good. I may have put in too much soil, I'll wait until it's dry then eventually remove some… And pluck what's stuck between the spines of both of them!
by thatredditorontea
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