Mammillaria

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.

With the uniqueness of the spine patterns this tiny plant is a real gem and one of the most sought-after and distinctive species of Mammillaria. Diameter 1,5-2 cm flowering size!

OWN ROOTS!!! A tiny white-spined beauty . It remains small, max 2-3 cm, diameter 3 cm or less when fully grown (but can grow more and cluster in cultivation). Impressive and not very common in collections.

Mammillaria bombycina is a beautiful species that will produce clumps, as a washing up bowl. It has glassy white radial spines with hooked reddish-brown centrals. It produce several complete circles of contrasting light carmine flowers every year.

Mammillaria herrerae is small cactus that look like a little golf ball with dense addpressed, white spines. The flowers are quite large for a Mammillaria, pale pink to red-violet and very showy.

Two years old seedling, not grafted. Mammillaria breviplumosa is a new very rare species with small feather-like spines arranged helicoidaly on the stem. Flower white with magenta striped petals.

Seed grown approx. 1-1,5 cm. VERY RARE.

Dwarf form, with huge violet-pink flowers. Beautiful.

Seed plants selected for the variegated body. Very beautiful and strange. Variables.

A.k.a. Bird's nest Mammillaria, this is a wonderful old favourite cultivar with curly golden-yellow spines. A plant soon forming many heads. The new growth is very attractive, the long, entwining yellowish spines soon form a mat. A real beauty.

A sweet little mat forming plant, with long-lasting flowers and ornamental fruits. A very nice addition to any collection!

"Arizona Snowcap" shows an odd thickening and shortening of the spines, resulting in a most attractive, unusual candid white looking plants.

After several years the old plants divide at their apex, ramifying dichotomously (to form two or more distinct joints) and in 10-15 years they forms small colony. It is a pleasing sight, even in the depths of winter.

Now often considered a synonym of Mammillaria sheldonii, to which it shows only modest differences: absence of central spines and larger flowers with a characteristic distinctive orange pistil.

The violet-magenta flowers are very large for a so small plant! As it ages will form mats of small soft-bodied stems. ROOTED CUTTING

Small clustering species with fine, feathery, flexible, somewhat pectinated, white to almost orange spines. Flowers with pink midstripes at the end of winter in February-March.

The whole habitat of this plant (discovered only in 1997) disappeared under the water of a man-made dam. It is extinct in nature. The stem covered by numerous hairlike radial spines, giving the plant a shaggy appearance.

Robust stems, later cylindrical, with reddish spination and pink flowers! The spines increase their red color and density as the plant ages. Super plants.

Flowers wide purplish pink ,style pink with nice green stigma-lobes Bloomis in April and the flowers remain open for several days (at least three)

Compact, rather low body, fast growing, many purple-pink flowers. Forms large emispheric mounds in time.

This is one of the most beautiful species, with candid white spines and lots of bright purplish-pink flowers, blooming abundantly in spring.

Mammillaria marcosi is a beautiful plant with white radial spines and dark reddish-brown centrals. It will slowly forms irregular clumps with dense spination. It may grow up to 25 cm in diameter, with up to 30 heads.

M. bocasana var multilanata has round soft stems with an extreme abundance of white woolly hairs and short hooked central spines. The flowers are numerous, large and pink.

Mammilloydia candida called 'Snowball' is a choice cactus with a so dense snowy white, spination, that its body appears hidden by spines. Mammilloydia are clearly related to the genus Mammillaria, but it is usually recognized as a segregate genera.

Small bluish-green body, hooked spines, large pink.

Mammillaria geminispina v. nobilis has long white spines and carmine flowers in spring and in autumn too. It gets only better looking with age. It will continue to put on more and more heads. The heads form mounds that seem stacked on top of each other.

Mammillaria pringlei is one of the few Mammillaria that is completely covered with yellow spines. Probably it has one of the longest non stop blooming streak of any cactus. Flowers can appear any time of the year, mostly from early spring to late summer.

Huge yellow flowers.

Mammillaria surculosa (Syn: Dolichnthele surculosa) is a low-growing widely spreading cactus forming crowded mats or mounds of small heads and relatively large, bright yellow flowers.

Produces a profusion of red tasty berries without any need of pollination (self-fertile). It will form soon dense mounds with dozen of small stems.

Mammillaria occidentalis also known as Mammillaria mazatlanensis var. occidentalis is a clumping species which has large pink flowers in summer. The flowers are 1 cm long and are slightly scented. These can be followed by red fruits.

Tight yellow feathery spines.

Mammillaria multidigitata is endemic to San Pedro Nolasco Island in Mexico, where it growson steep slopes. From spring to early summer it sprouts white to cream colored flowers with yellow-green stigma and orange pollen.

Mammillaria sempervivi f. montruosa is distinguished by the single long central thorn in each areole. It clumps flat with ground. The white wool between the areoles makes this species a pleasure to look at and grow.

Seed-grown plants of variable appearance, areoles mostly without thorns. Deep pink to purple flowers.

Very nice form with 4 (-6) very short orangish radial spines. The younger spines are yellow and very attractive).

Grows together with Ferocactus echidne REP1139A and Mammillaria priessnitzii REP1134.

Roted cutting 1-2 cm

Mammillaria nejapensis is very variable, especially for the length of the spines, that greatly depends on sun exposure and age of the plant. This species forms large colonies by dichotomous division.

Mammillaria fraileana is a small cactus that forms clusters of cylindrical stems. The flowers are light pink with a darker pink midline and a bright purplish pink stigma. The club-shaped red fruits last a long time on the plant. Central spine is hooked.

Mammillaria bombycina v. flavispina is a selected form that differs from the standard Mammillaria bombycina for its evenly creamy-yellow or yellow hooked central spines, (tips never dark reddish-brown).