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The mammilaria thread

11 years ago

This is a thread devoted to the care,id and pictures of plants in the species mammilaria. Feel free to post any pictures and ask questions. Let's see everything from mammillaria elongata To the golf ball cactus!



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  • 11 years ago

    No posts let's see those plants!

  • 11 years ago

    Alright Spike, thanks for the nudge to show, these are my only 3 cacti.
    I barely watered these through the winter, and upon checking this Christmas Cactus Tree discovered the tips are dark. I just watered it right now as it's wrinkled. Does anyone agree on sunburn? They are kept in a southern window.

    Also, I don't know what kind of mammillaria to the above right. I think I should water that now, it looks weird.
    ^ Christmas Tree Cactus, Eve's Needle (Austrocylindropuntia subulata f. monstrosa)
    ^ Thimble cactus, mammillaria gracilis fragilis. They are in a TINY pot, I've had it almost 2 years... hasn't grown. What should I do?
    Thanks!
    Nancy

  • 11 years ago

    Its a golden barrel cactus not a mammilaria

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  • 11 years ago

    Just some of mine

  • 11 years ago

    One of my mamm pots.

    I have few no id mammilarias. I’ll take pic an post tomorrow.

    btw I’m new to this forum but was a lurker

    Hello all :)

  • 11 years ago

    Hello looks kinda like a bristle bush mammilaria

  • 11 years ago

    The one in the back

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    Yeah looks like it is. Thanks.

    The one in the front look almost the same but with more spines.

  • 11 years ago

    Does i think the one in front is a similar species

  • 11 years ago

    REALLY?!?! I've always wanted a golden barrel cactus! Awesome! Anyone have suggestions to get it to grow?

  • 11 years ago

    Here's a bristle bush

  • 11 years ago

    No pic sorry


  • 11 years ago

    No more posts?

  • 11 years ago

    Do Hildewintera seedlings count?



  • 11 years ago

    Well I killed my mammilaria seedlings going to try again this spring

  • 11 years ago

    No more posts tonight

  • 11 years ago


    Here are the others. The first one on the top row is a clumping mamm.

  • 11 years ago

    Not ex actully sure what some of them are but the clumping one is a mammileria bosacna I think

  • 11 years ago

    It probably is boscana. Quite a few mammilarias look like that (albicoma, guelzowiana, glassii & maybe more). I was hoping it's a glassii but glassii would have more white hairs.

  • 11 years ago

    Ohh ya can you guys is this I think it's m. Plumosa


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    Where I live now Mammillarias often struggle some… pretty hot, pretty cold and always windy. But some manage to survive.

    Mammillaria compressa (can see the cold damage on tips of 'mammaries')

    Mammillaria elongata seem to like it here… almost

    Mammillaria geminispina actually do like it here

    Mammillaria mystax grow OK, but burn a bit every winter

    Here's another showing burn from weather

    Mammillaria senilis flowered the first year here, but hasn't done it since… waiting...

    Mammillaria perbella likes it OK, so far

    sorry, I don't know this one

    nor this one (never flowered)

  • 11 years ago

    When I lived in Los Angeles, the Mammillarias loved life!

    Mammillaria theresae

    Mammillaria supertexta

    Mammillaria bocasana

    Mammillaria camptotricha

    Mammillaria carmenae (this was actually a tough plant to keep alive even in Los Angeles and eventually it rotted… needs a greenhouse I think)

    Mammillaria elongata monstrose (nice plant but never flowers)

    Mammillaria mystax MUCH happier back in Los Angeles (same plant as above)

    Mammillaria elongata cristate form (also a hard plant to keep alive for many years in a row)

    Mammillaria formosa… spines so small no gloves needed to handle this one

    Mammillaria gracilis is an easy plant, but falls apart easily, too

  • 11 years ago

    More Mammillarias back in Los Angeles

    Mammillaria hainensis was actually a pretty hardy plant considering how wimpy it looks

    Mammillaria karwinskiana also an easy plant in LA

    Mammillaria longimamma another easy plant

    Mammillaria matudae a nice plant, but falls over eventually… grows along ground then

    Mammillaria geminispina flowered way better in Los Angeles

    Mammillaria compress happy, but overgrown with weeds (hard to get weeds out of these plants… basically have to dump the plant out, pull out all the weeds by their roots, and start over)

    Mammillaria gigantea

  • 11 years ago

    few more…

    Mammillaria picayensis loved LA… died soon after moving to Acton… oh well

    Mammillaria muelphendorphia (pretty sure I misspelled that badly) is an easy plant… even lives in Acton

    Mammillaria plumosa did great for many years… but suffered after move inland

    Mammillaria rhodantha var. pringlei was an easy one

    as was 'regular' MAmmillaria rhodantha

    Mammillaria voburensis was also an easy plant

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    Nice variety of mamms! That Mammillaria senilis is a beaut - gorgeous flowers! On the hunt for this one, thanks palmbob!

    I don't have many, but, these bloomed for me last year.
    Mamm. theresae

    Mamm saboae

  • 11 years ago

    So whats your favorite mammilaria

  • 11 years ago

    Bumping the thread no answer?

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    My current favorite would be mamm. Gracilis arizona snowcap. It’s beautiful even without flowers.

  • 11 years ago

    NICE! I really like mammilaria engolate pink nymph hybrid

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