ChrisDavies
Number of posts : 576 Age : 81 Location : Chinnor, UK Registration date : 2008-07-15
![Mammillaria boedekeriana ( Quehl ) Empty](https://2img.net/i/empty.gif) | Subject: Mammillaria boedekeriana ( Quehl ) Thu Jul 17, 2008 10:43 pm | |
| First Description: Monatschr. Kakteenkunde 20: 108. 1910 Body: Solitary, globose to short cylindric, 6 cm high and 4 cm in diameter, with rounded apex. Roots: Tuberous. Sap: With watery sap. Tubercle: Cylindrical, soft, very finely pitted, 10 mm long and 5 mm thick, dark green. Areoles are round, with some white wool at first, later becoming naked. Axils: Naked. Radial spines: 20 or more, 10 mm long, uppermost longer and thinner,all acicular,pubescent, glassy white, ascending in youth, later becoming horizontal. Central spines: 3, 8-13mm long, the middle one the longest and hooked (13mm),bright brown and black at tip; the uppermost and the lowest straight (8mm), acicular, smooth, brown, sometimes coppery brown. Flowers: Funnelform, 25-30mm long, whitish with reddish brown midveins. Fruit: Club shaped, red. Seed: Black. Geographic Distribution: According to Craig: near La Maria, San Luis Potosi; according to Bödeker in Guanajuato. Bibliography: Reppenhagen, die Gattung Mammilaria 64; Craig, the Mammillaria Handbook p 212 Photo: HDC. _________________ Chris admin
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