Mammillaria felipensis

MAMMILLARIA FELIPENSIS
Reppenhagen in Die Gattung Mammillaria Nach Dem Jetzigen Stand Meines Wissen, 1987.
SERIES: Stylothelae.
DESCRIPTION
BODY: Simple, depressed globose to elongate globose, 20-60mm. high x 30-40mm. wide.
TUBERCLES: Cylindric, 7-8mm. long x 3-4mm. wide, dark green, with watery sap.
AXILS: With hairs the length of the tubercles.
AREOLES: With short yellowish white wool.
CENTRAL SPINES: 3-4, 7-12mm. long, acicular, pubescent, lower longest and hooked, white below,
dark brown to blackish brown at tip.
RADIAL SPINES: 25-30, 5-10mm. long, hairlike, pubescent, interlocking, white.
FLOWERS: 14-16mm. long and wide. Outer perianth segments pale brown with white margins, inner perianth segments whitish, filaments white, anthers pale yellow, style white, stigma lobes 4-5, pale yellow.
FRUIT: 3-10mm. long x 3-4mm. wide, reddish.
SEED: Greyish black.
TYPE LOCALITY: San Felipe, Guanajuato, Mexico, 24.8.72, Repp. 636. Holotype at the Zurich Herbarium, Switzerland.
COLLECTOR: Reppenhagen
NOTES: Reppenhagen compares this species with M. monancistracantha.
As the plants purchased become more adult no doubt comparisons can be made with the description to see if the plant from Lagos de Moreno is in fact M. felipensis. I hope that in due course members will report their findings in the Journal. Meanwhile, many thanks to Ken Burke for the excellent service he is providing to the Society
From "The Journal of the Mammillaria Society" vol.28 n.5 - October 1988

Mammillaria felipensis
Hunt refers this taxon to synonymy with M.nana;  to my way of thinking it has more to do with M.crinita.
The Fitz Maurices are of the opinion that it falls within the concept of M.crinita, which in their opinion embraces M.nana also.
Mammillaria - John Pilbeam pag.325




Mammillaria felipensis REP 636
REP 636 - San Felipe, 2200m - Guanajuato - Mexico

Mammillaria aff. felipensis
Estacion Cuba - Guanajuato - Mexico
From Walter Hellinx collection - Duffel - Belgium

Mammillaria felipensis