Sorry I can't ID the cactus bit, but the flowers are from a Helichrysum, an annual plant that gives these everlasting straw like flowers. I know because I've grown hundreds of helichrysums to use in dried flower affangements in the past! In other words, the flowers are glued on and don't 'belong' to the cactus.

Gill

It's a Cereus hildmannianus subsp. uraguayanus aka- 'Fairy Castle Cactus':).

Those straw flowers are easy to take off of that type of cactus. Just a little patience and some tweezers:).

awesome thank you guys so much! i have noticed something im not very familar with. towards the bottom of the cactus there are little white prickles that almost look like a thorn? ill show a picture if i can get a clear one.

Agree with Kara on the ID. Usually Altman's and Costa Farms often glue on those horrible fake flowers. Kara is right. You can remove with tweezers and some patience. I also have a "brain cactus" (Mammillaria Elongata cristata) that came with plastic flowers, and it actually grew so much that it "forced" the plastic flowers off. So -- if you don't have luck TAKING them off, grow your plant and let the plant do the work. ;-) You have a very pretty Fairy Castles.

awesome thank you both so much! i repotted and got the flowes off easily too so that was cool. do you know how long youre supposed to leave new plants away from your other plants?

I think ideally would be 2 weeks. So any little bugs would pop out during that time.

okay, thanks again!(: