Mammillaria compressa cv. "Yokan"

	Mammillaria compressa cv. Yokan	CACTUS ART NURSERY Cultivation and Mail Sale of Cacti and Succulents.

Small tangled crests. Easy to grow on its own roots.
Description: This strange Mammillaria makes a nice and tangled cluster of fine crests. Brownish-green or purple in full sun exposure with fine soft white spines.

Green on shade exposure this plant became brow-purple in full sun.

Family: Cactaceae (Cactus Family)

Scientific Name: Mammillaria compressa cv. Yokan

Origin: The origin of this nursery produced cultivar is unknown, it was previously known as "Mammillaria sp. forma mostruosa forma cristata".

Conservation status: Listed in CITES appendix 2.

Sometime "Yokan" produce some normal shoots. Which are not monstrous at all! And also green M. compressa forma cristata. But all this very different forms are the same plant! They are epigenetic variation not genetic mutant!

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