Cool Mammillaria in habitat

tumamoc · Post by **tumamoc** » Wed Feb 25, 2015 1:13 am

Here's a rare crested Mammillaria in habitat, found near Parker, Arizona. It's a Mammillaria grahamii, I presume, but I'm not certain.

GermanStar · Post by **GermanStar** » Wed Feb 25, 2015 4:02 am

Great find! We have found many crested Saguaros and Echinocereus in habitat, but never a Mamm!

Peterthecactusguy · Post by **Peterthecactusguy** » Sat Feb 28, 2015 3:24 am

that is one crazy crest.

7george · Post by **7george** » Sat Feb 28, 2015 11:45 pm

I like those when they have some "normal" part and produce flowers like this one. Nice find!

TimN · Post by **TimN** » Mon Mar 02, 2015 12:05 am

tumamoc · Post by **tumamoc** » Mon Mar 02, 2015 5:19 pm

I wonder if this plant is Mammmillaria dioica. If that's the case, judging by the other pics on the home page, this species may be more prone to forming crests.

tumamoc · Post by **tumamoc** » Thu Mar 05, 2015 1:45 am

Here are some images of this particular cactus, as it normally looks in habitat:

GermanStar · Post by **GermanStar** » Thu Mar 05, 2015 2:02 am

Looks like M. grahami to me, but what do I know...

7george · Post by **7george** » Thu Mar 05, 2015 3:58 am

My first impression was about M. dioica even it should not be in Arizona, but this is a border area, who knows. Let's see some flowers, in about 2 months if it is this one.

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