Mammillaria longiflora f. stampferi
Cact. Succ. J. Gr. Brit. 41: 97 (-98). 1979
Family
Cactaceae
Genus
Species
Mammillaria longiflora f. stampferi
Author
(Repp.) D.R.Hunt
Chinese genus
乳突球属
Chinese name
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DescriptionEdit description
Central Spines
Sometime absent or 4, yellowish-white, to dull-red of which the lower one hooked usually less than 12 mm long and the upper 3 straight even shorter.
Seeds
Black.
Tubercles
Cylyndrical 5-10 mm long in 5 and 8 spirals, dark green, somewhat paler near the bases, cylindric, terete, with watery sap and axils almost bare or slightly felted.
Flowers
Unusually large for a Mammillaria, bell-shaped to broadly funnelform, approximately 25-40 mm long, 20-30(-40) mm in diameter uniformly, soft pink.
Blooming Season
March to May. Mammillaria stampferiSN|9239]]SN|23035]] often flowers earlier than the typical form of the species
Stem
Globular to slightly elongated, fresh green to dark green, about 3-6 cm tall and 5-9 cm in diameter.
Radial Spines
About 30 white or yellowish.
Fruits
Small, criptocarpic (remaining sunken into the body).
Areoles
Oval, with a little white felt becoming naked as they ages.