Mammillaria carretii?

[mcdieimp]

Bought this on ebay, it's labelled at Mammillaria carretii but to me doesn't look like one...any suggestions please?

specimen

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Also, clearly my central heating is too high as it's flowering in January in the UK!

[DaveW]

Does not look like the Mammillaria carretii I used to have either. May be something in the variable Mammillaria duwei group from the slightly feathery radial spines. M. duwei group can have white, yellow or brown hooked centrals, or none at all. Scroll down this link to the bottom to see those without centrals:-

http://www.llifle.com/Encyclopedia/CACT ... aria_duwei

https://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/showimage/246421/

[TimN]

This is what I just bought from Miles2Go as M. caretti...

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[mcdieimp]

Thanks for the suggestions, which sent me along hopefully the right track on Google... to find Mammillaria picta

http://www.agaveville.org/download/file.php?id=21193

Looks close?