Collection Rainer Pillar - under the rooftop

Since September I'm studying in Osnabrück, 250 km away from home and my cacti. This weekend, I wistfully visited a collection of an AfM-member living there. He is 78 years old and has been collecting Mammillaria's for more than 55 years. His collection is very special not only because of the variety of ancient Lau and Rep plants, but also because it is located in the attic. Yes in the attic, but rebuilt, instead of roof tiles are huge acrylic sheets on the side surfaces of the roof. The pictures are just taken with my phone so its not very high quality, but I think you'll enjoy!

Rainer Pillar in his collection


Mam. bella H 8850 - MEX-95, Taxco - Iguala, 16 km s. Taxco, Gro.


Mam. guerreronis TL 054 - Milpillas, Gro.


Series Supertextae



Mam. elegans f. acanthoplegma


Mam. donatii Rep 878 - Tecamayuca, Ver.


Mam. lanata? (irregularis) Rep 1672 - Agua Fria, Pue.


Mam. dixanthocentron K 145/2 - Coxcatlan, Pue.


Mam. ignota f. lanigera Lau 1128 - Yolox - Quiotepec, Oax.


Mam. albilanata Rog 286 - km 17.5, File de Caballo, Gro.


Mam. albilanata subsp. reppenhagenii Rep 669 - Tecuan/Pueblo, Col.


Series Leucocephalae



Mam. orcutii Rog 106b - MEX-70, ca. km 220, Valle de los Fantasmas, direction to Rio Verde, SLP


Pettersonii-Group


Mam. wagneriana - Fresnillo, Zac.


Standleyi-Group


Mam. maycobensis - Rio Mayo, Son.


Mam. scrippsiana fma. TL 753 - San Gregorio, Nay.


Giant Mam. pseudoscrippsiana's


Mam. petrophila K 245 - Sierra de la Laguna, BCS


and a rare bright white spined form of Mam. beiselii called
Mam. beiselii fa. gerhardii - Mich.

Good morning,

wonderful, thanks for the pictures!
And of course thanks to Mr. Rainer Pillar for the beautiful plants!!!
Unfortunately, as is often the case, old collections have a repotting deficit.
For us old collectors, repotting is not easy.
And the place is limited. . .

Hope you can visit Mr. Pillar again when many of the plants are in bloom!


Best wishes

K.W.

Great report.
Cacti in the attic!
I have a lot of technical questions.  .

All the best Jonathan!

Wonderful plants, but indeed in need of more space. I think most of us can relate to that problem!

Thank you for the positive response, I'll pass it on to Rainer.
Yes, he also told me that repotting is getting more and more difficult in old age and with larger plants.
If you have questions, I am also willing to talk to him.
His collection is just 10min away from my apartment, I will defenitly take some pictures of flowering plants in the next weeks.

What an excellent and interesting collection! Thank you, Jonathan for showing what must be just a small part of an important collection, and pass on to Herr Pillar my thanks for letting you share this with us.