Xerophyte

Central Spines

About 12, white to yellowish sometimes with brown tips, 7-10 mm long, intergrading with the radials.

Seeds

Black.

Description

Mammillaria lauiSN|11877]]SN|11877]] is a low growing cactus species usually forming big clusters or cushions, densely covered with soft bristly spines. Its bright pink flowers contrasting beautifully with the mostly white spines.

Tubercles

Cylindrical, tubercle-axils almost naked or slightly woolly, without bristles.

Flowers

Pink or carmine, to 15 mm long and 12 mm in diameter.

Blooming Season

Spring.

Spines

All more or less similar or graded from central to radial, nostly white (or the central , its bright pink flowers contrasting beautifully with the mostly white spines).

Stem

Depressed globose to globose or short oblong, to 6 cm tall and 4,5 cm in diameter.

Radial Spines

35-60 or more, in several series, hairlike, stiff, white, 6-9 mm long.

Fruits

Cylindrical to club shaped, up to to 10 mm long, whitish or pale pink.