Xerophyte

Central Spines

5-7, stouter than the radials, yellow to golden brown, needle-like, straight, about 6 mm long, the lower being the longest (up to 15 mm long).

Seeds

Brown.

Description

Mammillaria rekoiSN|13403]]SN|13403]] subs. aureispina (A.B.Lau) D.R.Hunt is a variant form of Mammillaria rekoiSN|13403]]SN|13403]] with needle-like, yellow to amber-brown spines. It will reward the growers with a ring of fine purplish flowers circling the crown of the plant.

Roots

Fibrous.

Tubercles

Conical to cylindrical c. 5 mm across, in 13-21series. Axil at first with short yellowish wooll, later naked.

Flowers

Purplish pink, 10 mm long, 12 mm in diameter, recurving at the tips of the petals.

Stem

Erect, solitary or cespitose, oblong-cylindrical, green, 5-6 cm in diameter, 8-15 cm tall (in shade up to 20 cm). Sometimes with latex.

Radial Spines

20-23, fine, needle-like, golden yellow later white, 5(-7) mm long.

Fruits

Purplish, reddish below.

Areoles

Round 3 mm in diameter, at fist with orange or brownish wool, later naked