Mammillaria crucigera subs. tlalocii
Mammillaria Postscripts 6: 9 (1997)
Family
Cactaceae
Genus
Species
Mammillaria crucigera subs. tlalocii
Author
(Repp.) D.R.Hunt
Chinese genus
乳突球属
Chinese name
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DescriptionEdit description
Central Spines
On the areoles at the apex of the plant, with age, may appear a single longer brown-black central spine 6-10 mm long.
Seeds
Small, brown.
Description
Mammillaria crucigeraSN|1840]]SN|1835]] subs. tlalocii best known in cultivation as Mammillaria tlalociiSN|1835]]SN|1840]] is a globular cactus, solitary or clumping dichotomously. In nature usually this species doesn't produce lateral shoots, but in cultivation are frequently seen plants that branch profusely from the base.
Flowers
Carmine-pink, 12 to 14 mm long, 8 to 10 mm wide.
Blooming Season
Blooms in late winter, early spring.
Stem
Fan shaped, forming brain shaped mounds up to 20 (or more) cm wide. The axil of tubercles is white-woolly.
Radial Spines
16 to 22, glassy white, 1 to 2 mm long, the longer sideways pointing.
Fruits
Carmine-pink small.