#1 could be a number of things, I would look for flower stalks soon. #2, just a guess, but could be hollyhock? do the leaves all come from a central spot?

#1 - Red baneberry. With white baneberry (doll's eyes), you can see the dark spots even on the green berries so this would have to be the red baneberry. #6 - not dogbane Apocynum cannabinum. I don't know what it is but it looks as though it's working up a flower head so identification should get alot easier very soon. FataMorgana

Thanks! I think you are correct with the long tipped one pic #2. The only plant I could find to match was a Ferobergia hybrid. I'm much happier that it is Mammillaria longimamma. I didn't even guess a Mammillaria species. Hope I get a big yellow flower to confim the plant. The first one... I don't know. Has fewer, thicker spines than a "Red Headed Irishman". "Red Headed Irishman" seems softer and fuzzier to me. The red spines don't appear to be hooked. Doesn't seem to get white on top. No sign of flowers to help ID. Mammillaria supraflumen seems kinda close but not quite right. I didn't want to start too many ID threads because it seems to annoy some and buries the social threads.

Mike, seeing a better closeup of the second plant, it could be a haworthia as was my first guess. go to this page: http://www.succulent-plant.com/families/aloaceae/haworthia.html scroll down to middle of the page, click on middle picture, labeled H. greenii. Does that look like it ? patty