Mammillaria sheldonii

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Mammillaria sheldonii

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Mammillaria sheldonii flowering for me for the first time ever. Well worth waiting for!
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Nice! Very similar to the grahamii flowers, but with a softer transition from white to pink.
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nice flower!
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Looks nice! I like how the flower is on a small stem! =D>
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Beautiful! I forget now if sheldonii is "accepted" anymore or thought to be just a synonym with grahamii.

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Beautiful! I just love the way you get the two colours blending so delicately.
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Anderson maintained it as a species, but the NCL placed it as a ssp to grahamii
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Gorgeous! Congrats!
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How delicate and beautiful! :D
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Thanks all. I love this cactus, one of my rarest and has only ever flowered this once.
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