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Description
This very rare cultivar has unique "Split spines". This is an exclusive feature never seen in other cacti. It is an easy bloomer and one of the easier species to grow, it is the most beautiful when cultivated in the full sun. Scientific name: Mammillaria bombycina cv. Split spines (sometime called cv. Trispina ) Synonyms of M. bombycina:
This very rare cultivar has unique "Split spines". This is an exclusive feature never seen in other cacti. |
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Description: Plants often form large clumps up to 80 cm wide. Stems globose to club shaped, bright green, 7 - 14 cm tall, 5 - 6 cm in diameter. With dense wool and bristles in the axil. |
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It is an easy bloomer and one of the easier species to grow, they are the most beautiful when cultivated in the full sun. |
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Cultivation: Water regularly in summer, but do not over-water (rot prone). Use a pot with good drainage and a very porous potting media. Keep dry in winter. Feed with a high potassium fertilizer in summer. It is quite frost-resistant if kept dry, hardy as low as -5° C (some reports give it hardy to -12°C). Outside full sun or afternoon shade, inside it needs bright light, and some direct sun. Propagation: Grafting, division of larger clumps. |