Mamm. crinita?

[oldcat61]

Do I have this right? Crinita or wildii or both? A mass of intertwined heads.

[ange]

It looks very much like my cactus which was kindly identified by forum members as M. crinita zeilmania.

The ID, which includes a photo of my m. crinita further down the page for comparison, can be found here:
http://www.cactiguide.com/forum/viewtop ... 63#p316063

[Robb]

Could it be Mammillaria fittkaui?

[greenknight]

Mammillaria crinita subsp. zeilmanniana looks right to me. M. wildii is a synonym for crinita.

[DaveW]

M. zeilmanniana has reddish flowers, that looks like what I usually grew as M. wildii, which is now considered a subspecies of M. crinita, or even reduced to synonymy under it.

http://www.plantsrescue.com/mammillaria-zeilmanniana/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

http://www.cactofili.org/specie.asp?mod ... sp.+wildii" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Mammillaria crinita is very variable and many former species are now often reduced to synonymy under it by the "lumpers":-

Synonyms:
M. aureoviridis
M. aurihamata
M. brevicrinita
M. crinita var pauciseta
M. criniformis
M. erectohamata
M. felipensis
M. leucantha
M. moeller-valdeziana
M. painteri
M. puberula
M. schelhasei
M. seideliana sensu Reppenhagen
M. variabilis

http://mammillarias.net/gallery/mammill ... nita&lg=uk" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Surprisingly this is the only picture of M. fitkauii I can find on the web, I lost mine years ago:-

http://s746.photobucket.com/user/valy7/ ... 1.jpg.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

[greenknight]

Usually deep pink/purplish flowers on zeilmanniana, but some are paler - it does look pretty close to wildii, though.

[oldcat61]

Whatever we call it, I really like the little guy. It's not really a cluster, heads just pop out anywhere they please. Almost like a monstrose but the heads are not misshapen. Thanks for the discussion. Sue