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Mammillaria nunezii
Slowly forms cylindrical stems that remain solitary for a long time.
 

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Propagation: Direct sow after last frost (usually) or division, wait until the offsets that appear at the base of old clustered specimens are 1/3 the size of the parent and then detach and plant.

 

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Family: Cactaceae (Cactus Family)

Accepted Scientific name: Mammillaria nunezii (Britton & Rose) Orcutt
In: Cactography, p. 8, 1926.

First description by Britton & Rose, Cact. 4: 120 (1923) as Neomammillaria nunezii

Origin:   Mexico (Guerrero, Morelos, Jalisco, Michoacan)Altitude 1.000 - 1.600 m

Conservation status: Listed in CITES appendix 2.

 Synonyms:

  • Ebnerella solisii
  • Mammillaria nunezii var. solisii
  • Mammillaria supraflumen Reppenhagen
    In: Die gattung Mammillaria nach dem heutigen stand meines wissens 1987; Herausgeber AfM, 1987: 87 - 89 .
  • Mammillaria silvatica
  • Mammillaria nunezii subsp. nunezii  (Britton & Rose) Orcutt 1926
  • Ebnerella nunezii  (Britton & Rose) Buxb. 1951
  • Neomammillaria solisii  Britton & Rose 1923
  • Mammillaria solisii  (Britton & Rose) Boed. 1933
  • Ebnerella solisii  (Britton & Rose) Buxb. 1951
  • Mammillaria wuthenauiana  Backeb. 1942
  • Mammillaria hubertmulleri  Repp. 1987

 

 


Description:
Solitary or occasionally clustering cactus  with showy flowers in June. It is somewhat variable in habit and has a dense spination.
Stem: Robust, globose to cylindrical, pale-green to grey-green , sunken apically, 6-9 cm in diameter and up to 15 cm tall. Without latex.
Tubercles: Conical to bluntly four-angled, about 7 - 9 mm long and 5 - 7 mm in diameter, closely set, terete in section, Parastichy number 13 - 21. Axil with silky bristles and some wool.
Areoles:
Large, white and woolly.

Radial spine: 10 - 30, stiff, slender,  the uppermost being the shortestwhite, widely spreading, (3-)5 - 7 mm long.
Central spine: 2 - 4(-9), unequal usually straight, but one may be hooked, reddish-brown or brown with blackish tips, (7-)10 - 15 mm long.
Roots: Fibrous.
Flowers:
Funnelform, deep pink to magenta 1,2-1,5 cm in diameter, narrowly opening. Stigma-lobes green.
Blooming season: It flowers with the freedom of Mammillaria spinosissima, in early summer.
Fruit: Club shaped, greenish white tinged with pink, to 25 mm long and 6 - 8 mm wide, ripens 12 - 14 months after flowering.
Seed: Small brown, round to club-shaped, 0,9 mm long and 0,8 mm in diameter.

The subspecies 'nunezii' tends to cluster and has 2-9 brown central spines and magenta flowers.
The subspecies 'bella' stays usually solitary and has 4-6 white central spines with red tips. Flowers are carmine.
 


The narrowly opening flowers are carmine and
appear on the crown of the plant in June

Cultivation: It is a  slow growing  species of easy culture, recommended for any collection, it doesn't require any special treatment. Water regularly in summer, but do not overwater (Rot prone) Use 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 -5°C) Sun Exposure: High levels of light are needed to flower and for good spine development.  Can be sunburned if moved from shade/greenhouse into full sun too quickly. During the spring it may be able to take full sun until the heat arrives at the end of spring. In an area that has hot afternoon sun, it may be able to take full morning sun, but requires afternoon shade or afternoon light shade. If grown correctly, it will reward the grower with generous displays of purple flowers.
Clustering in cultivation after several years and easily flowered.
For best results, use a shallow pot, and only use the smallest diameter pot that will accommodate the plant. Sensitive to red spider mite. Overhead watering is helpful in controlling mites.

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