Ebnerella bombycina
Oesterr. Bot. Z. 98: 89. 1951 as bomycina
Family
Cactaceae
Genus
Species
Ebnerella bombycina
Author
(Quehl) Buxb.
Chinese genus
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Chinese name
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Primary
Accepted
DescriptionEdit description
Central Spines
3-8 (usually 4), yellow with dark tips, or orange-reddish brown, lowermost one hooked downwards and to 20 mm long, others straight and to 11 mm long. hooked spines.
Description
Mammillaria bombycinaSN|9007]]SN|9007]] is a popular solitary or clustering species, some clones cluster aggressively and can form 50-90 cm wide, gorgeous mounds as they matures.
Note
Mammillaria bombycinaSN|9007]]SN|9007]] ssp. perezdelarosae is often condidered a good species. Therefore in this assessment only Mammillaria bombycinaSN|9007]]SN|9007]] is considered.
Tubercles
Conical to cylindrical, firm, latex in tubercules only occasionally. Axil
Flowers
Light carmine, pink or white, funnelform, to 15 mm long and in diameter in circles around the crown of the plant.
Blooming Season
Come only to mature plants in Spring
Radial Spines
30-65, have a glassy appearance white, to yellowish white stiff, thin, needle-like, pectinately arranged, that almost conceal the epidermis to 8 mm long. Many, 30-64, stiff, thin, needle-like, pectinated, glassy white to yellowish white, up to 8 mm.
Fruits
Pale pinkish green.