Mammillaria huitzilopochtli
Cact. Succ. J. Gr. Brit. 41: 106. 1979
Family
Cactaceae
Genus
Species
Mammillaria huitzilopochtli
Author
D.R.Hunt
Chinese genus
乳突球属
Chinese name
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DescriptionEdit description
Central Spines
Generally absent or sometime 1 erect fine acicular or awl-shaped, thicker at the base. Most of the clones have short, light grey spines 4-10 mm long. Occasionally, they have longer brown or black central spines (Up to 20 mm long).
Seeds
Brown, very small.
Description
Mammillaria huitzilopochtliSN|15536]]SN|15536]] is a solitary or slowly clumping cactus forming untidy clumps, up to 8 cm tall and 6 cm wide. Two subspecies are recognized, the nominate and ssp. niduliformis (A.B.Lau) Pilbeam.
Note
It will form pretty ring of beautiful pinkish red flowers at Xmas followed by a crown of little red fruit in May.
Tubercles
compressed on the sides, cylindrical to conical. The axil is filled by dense white wool in the flowering area.
Flowers
Produces rings of bright pink to carmine, 12-15 mm long, 7-10 mm wide, often not opening widely. Stigmas carmine.
Blooming Season
It flowers in winter between October and December, and produces fruits between December and March
Stem
Dark green, at first spherical, later cylindric or club shaped, 8-15 cm high, 6-8 cm in diameter, apex slightly depressed.
Radial Spines
15 to 30, dense, pectinated, held close to stem, glassy white, brown at base, up to 1.5-3,5 mm long, straight or slightly bent.
Fruits
Red club-shaped to cylyndrical up to 15 mm long (frequently seedless in cultivation).