Mammillaria bombycina . . .

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Mammillaria bombycina . . .

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. . . today. These will be the last of them for this season. Cereusly, Tony
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It was a great show while it lasted! = )
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mine stopped flowering already and doesnt quite have as many offsets :(

nice show!
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neat! the wool and hooked spines make the flowers come out even better!
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What do you think? Will you be repotting that one soon? That will be a challenge with all those hooks!
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Daiv, it definately needs to be repotted, and something I've been putting off for that very reason. :)
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it's sorta like repotting Opuntia, you have to do it carefully ;)
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