Identification of a Gymnocalycium please!

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Identification of a Gymnocalycium please!

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I have trawled the net to see if I could ID it myself, but haven't found anything conclusive... (and the books I have don't help too much in this case)
Can anyone help please?? I hope at least I am right in it being a Gymno!! ;) It has "lateral furrows between the tubercles" as I once read in a book describing this genus!!
I bought it in Dobbies at the weekend, well actually there were two in avery oblong pot (2 for the price of 1! :D), so I potted them up individually. This is the slightly larger of the two:
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Another view:
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Re: Identification of a Gymnocalycium please!

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I'm not really a Gymno expert, but I would go for a form of Gymnocalycium damsii, or if not, something closely related.
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Re: Identification of a Gymnocalycium please!

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I was thinking G.damsii too.
A flower will give confirmation (or clues) Later.
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Re: Identification of a Gymnocalycium please!

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Thank you both very much! I will hope for a flower soon, but in the meantime will put it down as G. Damsii with a (?) :D
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