Mammillaria gatesii

M.gatesii M.E. Jones in Cact. Succ. Journ. Amer. 8:99, with fig. 1937.
Stem caespitose, globular to subcylindric, with milky sap; axils with white wool.
Central spines 1, 3cm. long, stout acicular, dark purple shading to yellow brown at base;
Radial spines 8, 1cm. long, acicular, spreading, yellow with dark tips, becoming white.
Flowers 16mm. long, 2cm. in diameter; perianth segments golden to greenish yellow, the outer with purplish mid-stripe, the inner lacerate; stigmas 5, light green;
Fruit short clavate, 15mm. long, red; seed dark brown, described as punctate.
Mexico: Baja California, steep coastal hillside midway Cape San Lucas and San Jose del Cabo, 22 58'N, 109 50'W; 15 Mar. 1933, H.E.Gates 128 (DS).
From "The Journal of the Mammillaria Sopciety" Vol.X  n.1 - February 1970



Mammillaria gatesii
Photography and plant from PVV1962 - Voznesensk - Ukraine

Mammillaria gatesii

Mammillaria gatesii
Referred to Mammillaria petrophila ssp. petrophila
From "Giuse" Giuseppe Ruini collection - Rubiera (RE)






Mammillaria gatesii
Form Walter Hellinx collection - Duffel - Belgium





From "!Ento" Ennio Toso collection - Savona