Please help identify this cactus?

Can anyone help me identify this cactus? Thank you!

 

post another pic once the flowers have opened - the flowers will be definitive for a proper id.

 

I'm a bit rusty on cacti, but isn't this a Ferocactus of some sort?

 

most probably a fero. could be a cross though. seeing the flower will be the corker for a correct id.

 

Probably a subspecies of Ferocactus gracilis
http://www.cactus-art.biz/schede/FE...is/Ferocactus_gracilis/Ferocatus_gracilis.htm

 

Thank you everyone who responded! And thanks for the link, L. Plant! I will try to get a photo of it with flowers.

 

Thanks for everyone's input. I won't need to get a photo with the flowers, since I have definitely identified it as Ferocactus gracilis, common name Fire Barrel Cactus. Thank you, L. Plant, for pointing me to Ferocactus gracilis!

 

*pouts*

i'd still like to see it in bloom!!

 

Ha! You made me laugh, Joclyn! Thanks for your input on this. I would like to see it in bloom too, but it is too late now. Sorry! It is a gorgeous cactus, isn't it? It's in a neighbor's yard; I'll try to catch the flowers next year.