Excellent MAM collection!zpeckler wrote: ↑Sat Aug 19, 2023 5:02 pm Next group of plants to exhibit: Mammillaria! All these pics are from earlier in the spring when the plants that do flower were in flower.
Mammillaria bombycinia... One of the oldest cacti I have. I got this as a seedling about 5cm tall amongst the first batch of cacti I ever bought. It's certainly done well over the years! The offsets started growing from the main stem two years ago, and have just grown like crazy. So far only the main stem flowers.
Mammillaria bombycinia.jpg
Mammillaria hahniaha. Another older one. Bought in 2017, early in my cactus growing journey. Has flowered regularly for years.
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Mammilaria gemnispina. Another reliable flowerer. It's pretty cool that the main stem is splitting in three!
Mammillaria gemnispina.jpg
Mammillaria parkinsonii. Fantastic dense spines. So far it hasn't flowered for me, but both spines are in the process of splitting into four heads total.
Mammillaria parkinsonii.jpg
Two Mammillaria grahamii. The darker one I've had for a few years, and the smaller one I just got this spring. Can't take credit for the flower; the bud was already growing when I purchased it.
Mammillaria grahamii 1.jpg
Mammillaria grahamii 2.jpg
Mammillaria senilis. No flowers yet, but it is growing steadily. Definitely a candidate for full sun given those dense spines.
Mammillaria senilis.jpg
And last but not least, Mammillaria schiedeana. Slow but steady growth through the years. Has such tiny flowers that they barely poke through the spines!
Mammillaria schiedeana.jpg
That's it for this batch. Up until a few weeks ago I had a pair of Mammilloydia candidas that died a gruesome death, detailed in a separate post.
If you like M. bombycina, you should try M. perezdelarosae!
A couple of my favorites: M. lenta, M. egregia, and M. sp. FO229 (OK that's 3)