Mammillaria saxicola

Subject: Mammillaria saxicola Sun Jan 09, 2011 5:12 pm

Mammillaria saxicola - type locality Jalpan, Queretaro, Mexico, Repp. 1139.
Body: Caespitose, depressed globose to elongate, 40-100mm high x 50-80mm wide.
Tubercles: Conic, 9-12mm long x 5-7mm wide, olive green with reddish shades, with milky sap.
Axils: With white wool.
Central spines: 1 -2, 7-40mm long, fine acicular, lower longest, straight, yellow to pale brown, tipped darker.
Radial spines: 6-8,2-5mm long, stiff, bristle-like, uppers shortest, yellowish tipped brown.
Flowers: Bell shaped, 20-22mm long and wide, white with a pale pinkish brown mid-stripe.
Fruit: Clavate, 15-20mm long x 5-7mm wide, red.
Seeds: Brown.
Also compared to M. vallensis. Seed has been available from Uhlig as M. sp. n. Jalpan Repp. 1139.
A plant I had from J. Pilbeam in 1984 most likely raised from this seed has the following description:
Body 30mm high x 40mm wide; tubercles 4 sided/conic, 7mm high and wide, green with purple tints; axils slight wool tonaked.
Central spines 1, 7-12mm long, strong, recurving, horn coloured; radial spines 7, 2-5mm long, uppers shortest, horn coloured with brown tip. Flowers bell shaped, 10mm wide, creamy white.
Fruit 15mm long x 3mm wide, deep red.
Seeds brown.
From "The Journal of the Mammillaria Society" - Volume 29 n.4 - November 1989

Mammillaria saxicola
Hunt refers this taxa to M. magnimamma.
It is an attractively spined, pink flowered variant, from Jalpan, Querétaro
From "Mammillaria" by John Pilbeam

Mammillaria saxicola REP 1139
REP 1139 - North of Jaliscoan, 700/1000m - Queretaro - Mexico