Mammillaria longimamma

Mammillaria longimamma in habitat.......



Mammillaria longimamma WTH 851
WTH 851 - Between rocks at the end of the Barranca de Toliman (mining area) - Hidalgo - Mexico





Photograph in habitat by Wolter ten Hoeve - Assen - The Netherlands

Mammillaria longimamma in habitat.......



Mammillaria longimamma WTH 855
WTH 855 - Near the canyon floor of the Rio Moctezuma, between bushes - Queretaro - Mexico





Photograph in habitat by Wolter ten Hoeve - Assen - The Netherlands

Mammillaria longimamma DC. in Mem. Mus. Hist. Nat. Paris 17: 113. 1828.
Dolichothele longimamma (DC) B. & R,, The Cact. 4: 62, figs.59,61. 1923.
Simple or cespitose from the base
Tubercles widely separated, ovateoblong (3-5cm. long, with watery sap);
Axils woolly.
Spines 9-10 (up to) 12-18(-20)mm. long (central usually 1, rarely to 3, up to 25mm. long; radials 9-10), minutely scabrous-pubescent. Flowers 4-6cm. long, citron yellow; fruit yellowish;
Seeds brown, pitted
MEXICO: Based on a living plant, Coulter no. 30, not known to have been preserved. Presumably this came from Hidalgo or thereabouts but
the type locality is not recorded. In the same collection De Candolle received M.elongata, M.echinaria etc. from Coulter and these are also
native to Hidalgo.
From " The Journal of the Mammillaria Society" - Vol.12 n.2 - April 1972



Mammillaria longimamma SB 88
SB 88 - Venados - Hidalgo - Mexico

Mammillaria longimamma
Barranca de Metzitlan - Hidalgo - Mexico

Mammillaria longimamma  KKR 086
KKR 086 - Venados - Hidalgo - Mexico

Mammillaria longimamma REP 2144
REP 2144 - Barranca Xilitla/Gilo, 1300m - Hidalgo - Mexico

Mammillaria longimamma RS 608
RS 608 - Meztitlan - Hidalgo - Messico

Mammillaria longimamma WTH 482
WTH 482 – On the slopes of the mountains, just across the bridge over rio Amajac - Hidalgo - Mexico