Mammillaria huitzilopochtli var. niduliformis

Endangered

CITES App. II

Mammillaria huitzilopochtli var. niduliformis

J. Mammillaria Soc. 34(4): 46 (1994).

Family

Cactaceae

Genus

Mammillaria

Species

Mammillaria huitzilopochtli var. niduliformis

Author

A.B.Lau

Chinese genus

乳突球属

Chinese name

Primary

Mammillaria huitzilopochtli subs. niduliformis

Accepted

Mammillaria huitzilopochtli subs. niduliformis

DescriptionEdit description

Central Spines

2 (occasionally up to 4), brown or black, 2 cm long, curving, one up one down, the lower slightly longer, flexible, thicker at the base.

Seeds

Brown, very small.

Description

Mammillaria huitzilopochtliSN|15536]]SN|15536]] subs. niduliformis is a small cactus species, solitary or slowly clumping in untidy clumps.

Flowers

Bright pink to carmine, 15 mm long, 10 mm wide. Stigmas carmine.

Blooming Season

Winter (from November to March)

Stem

At first spherical, later cylindric, 8 cm high, 6 cm in diameter, slightly depressed. Axil with dense white wool in the flowering area.

Radial Spines

About 22, glassy whie, brown at base, 1.5 mm long.

Fruits

Red.

Endangered

CITES App. II