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Subject: Mammillaria mystax Sun Dec 05, 2010 12:40 pm
35 - Neomammillaria mystax Globose to short-cylindric, 7 to 15 cm. high, flat-topped; tubercles in as many as 34 rows, thickly set, full of milk which freely flows when pricked or cut; radial spines 8 to 10, small, white; central spines 4, 3 about twice as long as the radial ones, the other much elongated, 6 to 7 cm. long; flowers 1.5 to 2 cm. long, appearing in 2 or 3 rows, very abundant; inner perianth-segments dark red, 12 mm. long; stigma-lobes 4 or 5, greenish; fruit red, 2 to 2.5 cm. long. Type locality: Mexico. According to Hemsley, Karwinsky’s plant, which is the type, came from Ixmiquilpan and San Pedro Nolasco at about 6,000 feet altitude. Distribution: Highlands of southern central Mexico. This species is characterized by the long, erect, central spines Britton&Rose - Cactaceae
Mammillaria mystax Z 78 Z 78 - Tehuacan - Puebla - Mexico
Mammillaria mystax Z 78 Z 78 - Tehuacan - Puebla - Mexico
Mammillaria mystax Z 78 Z 78 - Tehuacan - Puebla - Mexico
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Number of posts : 2986 Age : 69 Location : Modena - Italia Registration date : 2009-12-20
Subject: Re: Mammillaria mystax Sun Sep 03, 2017 3:20 pm
Mammillaria mystax SB 1081 SB 1081 - Tehuacan - Puebla - Mexico From Andrea Cattabriga collection - Bologna
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