Mamm. rhodantha ssp. pringlei self-fruitful?

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Mamm. rhodantha ssp. pringlei self-fruitful?

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My Mammillaria rhodantha ssp. pringlei has produced a fruit for only the 2nd time (the first, last year, was eaten by a slug). I have just one of this species, and have no other Mamms that bloomed. Is this species self-pollinating, or is this random pollination from some neighbor's cactus? The fact it so rarely fruits, though it blooms constantly, makes me suspect the latter.
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Re: Mamm. rhodantha ssp. pringlei self-fruitful?

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That fruit shriveled up already, and there were no seeds in it. I guess that answers the question; it doesn't self-pollinate.
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