Mammillaria xochipilli

Mammillaria xochipilli in habitat.......



Mammillaria xochipilli WH 96
WH 96 - Tamazunchale, 1850m -  Queretaro - Mexico
The same of ML 405






Photograph in habitat by Walter Hellinx - Duffel - Belgium

Mammillaria xochipilli - type locality San Jose del Oro, Hidalgo, Mexico, Repp. 1709.
Body: Simple, elongate, 40-200mm high x 40-90mm wide.
Tubercles: Conic, 8-10mm long and wide, dark green, with watery sap.
Axils: With white wool.
Spines: 4-6, 3-20mm long, acicular, lower longest, straight, smooth, brownish to black.
Flowers: Bell shaped, 18-20mm long x 12-15mm wide, pinkish carmine.
Fruit: Clavate, 15-20mm long x 3-5mm wide, green/white/red shades.
Seeds: Pale brown.
Reppenhagen compares this species with the type of M. bucareliensis, this species being more columnar in habit, the tubercles are conic not pyramidal, and there are no true radial spines.
From "The Journal of the Mammillaria Society" - Volume 29 n.4 - November 1989




Mammillaria xochipilli WH 96
WH 96 - Tamazunchale, 1850m -  Queretaro - Mexico

Mammillaria xochipilli TL 422
TL 422 - ... - Hidalgo, Mexico

Mammillaria xochipilli REP 1709
REP 1709 - (polythele) xochipilli - San Jose del Oro, 2400m - Hidalgo - Mexico

Mammillaria xochipilli ESP 8/102
From Chris Davies collection - Chinnor - U.K.