Xerophyte

Seeds

Black. Seeds are retained among the plant tubercules, and are released gradually.

Description

Mammillaria pectiniferaSN|1537]]SN|1537]], previously known as Solisia pectinataSN|1541]]SN|1541]], is a small cactus that in habitat appears above the ground as a squat stem completely covered by flattened spines, and usually solitary, but in cultivation it will eventually produce clustering off-shoots with age.

Flowers

Medium-sized in a ring around the sides of the globe, white to pink with darker mid-strip, 20-30 mm long and also in diameter. Stigmas are green.

Blooming Season

The species flowers from December to March. Reproduction in habitat starts at an age of eight years.

Spines

20-40, pectinate (comb-like), flattened against the body, fine, numerous, white, 1.5 - 2 mm long. Lacking central spines.

Stem

1-5 cm in diameter; with latex, spherical, flattened, centrally depressed, In cultivation the plant's stem may be cylindrical.

Fruits

Small, red a maturity, barely emerging above the spines.

Areoles

Long narrow.