Mammillaria crassimammillis

Mammillaria crassimammillis in habitat.......



Mammillaria crassimammillis WTH 341
WTH 341 - At km.5.4 on the road of La Escondida to Aramberri - Nuevo Leon  - Mexico





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







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

Mammillaria crassimammillis - type locality Aramberri, Nuevo Leon, Mexico, Repp. 1790. Also collected by Lau from Aramberri his field number L1069.
Body: Caespitose, flattened globular, 20-40mm high x 40-70mm wide.
Tubercles: Pyramidal, 12-14mm long and wide, blue green, with milky sap.
Axils: with a little wool to naked.
Spines: 4-6, 2-8mm long, straight, smooth, yellow to brownish, tipped darker.
Flowers: Funnelform, 25-30mm long x 30-35mm wide, pale Yellow with a reddish brown stripe.
Fruit: Clavate, 20-25mm long x 6-8mm wide, reddish.
Seeds: Brown.
Reppenhagen compares this species to M. winteriae, the new species being smaller in the body, tubercles and spines.
From "The Journal of the Mammillaria Society" - Volume 29 n.4 - November 1989






Mammillaria crassimammillis LAU 1069
LAU 1069 -  Aramberri - Nuevo Leon - Mexico
Referred to Mammillaria winterae ssp. aramberri







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Mammillaria crassimammillis REP 1790
REP 1790 - Aramberri, 1300m - Nuevo Leon - Mexico











Mammillaria crassimammillis REP 1790
REP 1790 - Aramberri, 1300m - Nuevo Leon - Mexico
From Antonio Gandolfo collection - Vicenza