Xerophyte

Central Spines

3 or 4, reddish brown brown, later grey, 25-35 mm long, stiff, stout and all straight (or rarely slightly curved at apex).

Seeds

Reticulated.

Description

Cochemiea haleiSN|9635]]SN|9635]] (also known as Mammillaria halei) is a cereus like succulent, forming large clumps to 2 metres wide. It has long scarlet flowers, with characteristic backward curled petals reminiscent of Epiphyllum.

Tubercles

Very short; axils of tubercles woolly but not setose.

Flowers

Central or nearly so borne vertically, scarlet 2,5 to 5 cm long. Floral tubes long. filaments yellow; stigma-lobes scarlet.

Stem

Cylindrical, nearly upright, often 30 to 50 cm high, 5 to 7,5 cm. in diameter, almost entirely covered by the spines.

Radial Spines

10-21, reddish brown, becoming grey, 10 to 12 mm long.

Fruits

Club shaped, scarlet, 12 mm Long.