Mammillaria aureilanata

Mammillaria aureilanata in habitat.......



Mammillaria aureilanata WTH 1095
WTH 1095 - North of Armadillo



Photograph in habitat by Wolter ten Hoeve - Assen - The Netherlands

Mammillaria aureilanata LAU 1083
LAU 1083 - Villar, 1400/1600 m - San Luis Potosi - Mexico
From Chris Davies collection - Amersham - U.K.

Mammillaria aureilanata Backeberg, Breitr. Sukkul. Pfl., 13, 1938.
Roots:- Heavy tuberous.
Body;- Simple, globose, with a slightly sunken apex, 75 mm. high. Tubercles widely separated, in 8 and 13 spirals, pitted, glossy dark green, cylindrical, sloping, with the apex smaller and turned upwards, 10 mm. long and 7 mm. wide at the base, with watery sap.
Areoles, round and naked. Axils, naked.
Spines:- Centrals, none. Radials, 25-30 in two series, to 15 mm. long, thin setaceous, smooth, tortuous, white to golden yellow, darker in age, somewhat ascending, interlacing.
Flower:- Campanulate, 30 mm. long, 15-18 mm. wide. Outer perianth-segments, green at base, purplish-green wide mid-stripe, pink tip, very pale margins, lanceolate, tip acute, margins entire. Innter perianth , segments, white to pale pink, bright rose-red mid-stripe, lanceolate to oblong, tip aristate, margins entire. Filaments, white to pale pink. Anthers, yellow to orange. Style, greenish white to pale yellowish pink.
Stigma lobes 5, deep yellow.
Fruit:- Pinkish-white, clavate.
Seeds:- Dull black.
Type Locality:- None given, but reported from Villar, San Luis, Potosi, Mexico.
Distribution:- San Luis Potosi, Mexico.




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Mammillaria aureilanata v. alba HG 433
HG 433 - North Ciudad San Luis Potosì - San Luis Potosì - Mexico
Photography and plant from "mammillariamaniac" Jonathan Mohl - Hamburg - Germany

Mammillaria aureilanata v. alba
Ciudad San Luis Potosì - San Luis Potosì - Messico