Mammillaria backebergiana

M . backebergiana. F.G. Buchenau in Nat,Cact.Succ.Journ. 21: 47, 1966, sine typus; Nat. Cact, Succ. Journ. 21:90, 1966.
Simple, cylindric, sap milky; axils naked or very rarely with 1-3 bristles. Central spines (l-) 2-3, yellowish brown to brown, 7-8 mm. long; radial spines (8-) 10-12, yellowish-white, brown-tipped, later brownish grey, 8-10 mm. long. Flowers 18-20 mm. long, 10-13 mm. in diameter, purplish-red; stigmas 4-6 green. Fruit 20 mm. long, white below, dull green above; seeds brown. Mexico; locality undisclosed. Type specimen deposited at Kew. (K) .
This recently described species, which belongs to the M . spinosissima complex, was grown in our collections as fertilis before its rediscovery by Senor Buchenau, but differs in several respects from the original description of M.fertilis by K. Schumann
"The Journal of the Mammillaria Society"




Mammillaria backebergiana REP 763
REP 763 - Piedras Negras, Guerrero, Mexico

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Mammillaria backebergiana - a white flowered sport in cultivation

Mammillaria backebergiana v. gracilis
from "Ento" Ennio Toso collection - Savona

Mammillaria backebergiana ssp. ernestii H.O. 378
From "UK Mammillaria Reference Collection"

Mammillaria backebergiana ssp. ernestii TL 384
TL 384 - Ranch El Dorado - Guerrero - Mexico
From "UK Mammillaria Reference Collection"

Mammillaria backebergiana ssp. ernestii
NO DATA

Mammillaria backebergiana ssp. ernestii v. bispinosa

Mammillaria backebergiana ssp. ernestii v. albispina

Mammillaria backebergiana ssp. ernestii v. albispina
From Walter Hellinx collection