Mammillaria supraflumen
Gattung Mammill. nach dem Heutigen Stand Meines Wissens 87. 1987
Family
Cactaceae
Genus
Species
Mammillaria supraflumen
Author
Repp.
Chinese genus
乳突球属
Chinese name
-
Accepted
DescriptionEdit description
Central Spines
5 - 9, needle-like, straight (sometimes one is hooked), brown to reddish, 7 - 15 mm long.
Seeds
Brown, round to club-shaped, 0,9 mm long and 0,8 mm in diameter, testa striated, hilum subbasal.
Description
It is a small cactus covered with wool, spines and showy flowers in June. It is usually solitary, but occasionally forms offsets.
Roots
Fibrous.
Note
This plant is now referred to
Tubercles
Conical to four-angled, pyramidal, firm, with a humpbacked epidermis, 7 - 9 mm long and 5 - 7 mm in diameter. The axil is scarcely wolly with a few bristles.
Flowers
Funnel-form, dark carmine to magenta, 13 - 15mm long and 10 - 12 mm in diameter.
Stem
Pale green, spherical to cylindrical, sunken apically, 30 - 100 mm high, 40 - 70 mm in diameter (or more in cultivation). Without latex.
Radial Spines
20 - 25, stiff, bristle-like, straight, expanding, the uppermost being the shortest, glassy white, 3 - 7 mm long.
Fruits
Ovoid to club-shaped, carmine, 10 - 15 mm long and 6 - 8 mm wide, ripens 12 - 14 months after flowering. (while in Mammillaria nuneziiSN|20620]]SN|20620]] the fruit is greenish-white, tinged with pink)
Areoles
Large, white and woolly.