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Mammillaria meiacantha

Mammillaria meiacantha

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Posted 3 weeks ago

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Chris at Mammillaria Forum agreed with my decision to ID this specimen as Mammillaria heyderi ssp heyderi, and thus it shall be. It really is looking quite stunning - I just never catch the blooms open!

Chris at Mammillaria Forum agreed with my decision to ID this specimen as Mammillaria heyderi ssp heyderi, and thus it shall be.

It really is looking quite stunning - I just never catch the blooms open!

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Posted 3 weeks ago

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Well tumblr … I have too many blooming Mammillaria!  Even if I just do one blooming Mammillaria per species, I still can’t fit under the 10 picture limit.  I think you have a problem …

April and May should gloriously be renamed Aprillaria and Maymillaria!

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Posted 3 weeks ago

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The Mammillaria mystax is ready to bloom - profusely!

The Mammillaria mystax is ready to bloom - profusely!

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Posted 1 month ago

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Day 2 of Mammillaria blooms

I’m thinking this must be a Mammillaria heyderi ssp heyderi. It has 1 dark, central spine, 16 radial spines, cream blooms with greenish-brown striping, and red chilitos. It is just significantly more globose than any other specimen I have actually seen. Now that it is blooming, I can repost it on http://mammillaria.forumotion.net/ and see what the experts think.

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Posted 1 month ago

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Mammillaria B/W macro

Mammillaria B/W macro

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Posted 1 month ago

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My original Mammillaria love, M. meiacantha, is preparing to bloom as well. If you are ready to try an in-the-ground-all-year-round Mammillaria, this is the one! It shrinks down a little in the winter, but handles water and cold quite well even with less than ideal drainage. It equally handles nasty summer heat. And the blooms, well … a Mammillaria never disappoints.

My original Mammillaria love, M. meiacantha, is preparing to bloom as well. If you are ready to try an in-the-ground-all-year-round Mammillaria, this is the one! It shrinks down a little in the winter, but handles water and cold quite well even with less than ideal drainage. It equally handles nasty summer heat. And the blooms, well … a Mammillaria never disappoints.

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This cold hardy Mammillaria that I purchased post-bloom and in fruit is finally going to bloom after skipping last spring. Maybe now I can finally get a solid ID on it!

This cold hardy Mammillaria that I purchased post-bloom and in fruit is finally going to bloom after skipping last spring. Maybe now I can finally get a solid ID on it!

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Posted 2 months ago

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Hey, I love your blog! I recently found several clusters of this cactus and was thinking it might be Mammillaria heyderi. What do you think it is? Check out this awesome shot that neurotransmissions submitted to me! So where were you hiking man?

Hey, I love your blog! I recently found several clusters of this cactus and was thinking it might be Mammillaria heyderi. What do you think it is?

Check out this awesome shot that neurotransmissions submitted to me! So where were you hiking man?

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Posted 2 months ago
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neurotransmissions: Sweet blessings from heaven! I just found out that my cacti might be active! So, I was out hiking today and stopped after having a premonition that I was about to find a large cluster. I walked a half step forward and decided to look back before continuing my hike and there it was..    I would have agreed - M. heyderi, but Mammillaria Forum  never fails: Escobaria missouriensis it is!

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Sweet blessings from heaven! I just found out that my cacti might be active!

So, I was out hiking today and stopped after having a premonition that I was about to find a large cluster. I walked a half step forward and decided to look back before continuing my hike and there it was.. 

 

I would have agreed - M. heyderi, but Mammillaria Forum  never fails: Escobaria missouriensis it is!

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Mammillaria hahniana / Fort Worth Botanical Garden

Mammillaria hahniana / Fort Worth Botanical Garden

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Posted 3 months ago

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“Most mammillarias come from Mexico.  Characteristic of these plants are the conical to cylindrical nipples called mammillae which cover the stem, instead of the usual ribs, and the wreaths of small flowers growing from their axils.  After the flowering period the wool in these axils is an attractive foil for the decorative fruit.  This fruit is edible, often very tasty, and the Mexicans gather it much like the Europeans gather forest berries.  The large genus of Mammillaria differs from the other cacti not only in the great variety of species (several hundred), but also in the their delicate beauty and easy cultivation.” Decorative Cacti: A Guide to Succulent House Plants, pg. 58.

Tonight’s stop on the plate tour from the volume that danger garden urged us to pick up is the heart of my cactus obsession: Mammillaria.  What can I say, the above-listed reasons are precisely why I love the genus.  To showcase some of the specimens features on the colour plates, I thought I would contrast them with examples from my own collection.  I apologize for the quality of the photographs of the prints; I’ll try to swap them out with better ones when I can get better light.

Mammillaria bombycina
Jalisco to Aguascalientes, Mexico
clumper with hooked spines

Mammillaria hahniana
Guanajuato, Queretaro, and Tamaulipas, Mexico
densely covered in white hair, also a clumper

Mammillaria zeilmanniana
isolated micro-environment in San Miguel de Allende, GTO, Mexico
Mine is a “sport” variety with white flowers, although they are typically carmine.

If you never own another cacti or you own hundreds, your collection is not complete without a(nother) Mammillaria.

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Posted 3 months ago

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The Mammillaria heyderi that I acquired at the TACSS fall seminar (which was collected in Laredo, TX) is still blooming after two months in the greenhouse.

The Mammillaria heyderi that I acquired at the TACSS fall seminar (which was collected in Laredo, TX) is still blooming after two months in the greenhouse.

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Posted 5 months ago

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Apparently the Mammillaria huitzilopochtli is extremely happy in an east-facing window. The blossoms are emerging in a complete ring around the specimen.

Apparently the Mammillaria huitzilopochtli is extremely happy in an east-facing window. The blossoms are emerging in a complete ring around the specimen.

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Posted 6 months ago

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Just when I think I won’t have anything new to share, I run across a Mammillaria that is doing something. I’ve had this M. nejapensis for at least a year, but this is the first bloom I’ve seen - and it was quite camouflaged!

Just when I think I won’t have anything new to share, I run across a Mammillaria that is doing something. I’ve had this M. nejapensis for at least a year, but this is the first bloom I’ve seen - and it was quite camouflaged!

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