Mammillaria albicoma is an attractive cactus that forms clumps of green stems covered with white hair-like spines. The stems are globular…
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Mammillaria is one of the largest genus of Cactaceae family. Most of the species are native to Mexico, but some come from the southwest Uunited States, the Caribbean, Colombia, Venezuela, Guatemala and Honduras. The name derives from the Latin word "mammilla", meaning "nipple" or "teat".
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Mammillaria mystax is a cactus with a flat-topped, globose to short cylindrical, usually solitary stem with pyramid-shaped tubercles, white…
Mammillaria rhodantha (Rainbow Pincushion) is a small cactus with dark green stems covered with tubercles and spines that grow from the…
Mammillaria mammillaris (Woolly Nipple Cactus) is a solitary or clump-forming cactus with spherical to short cylindrical stems with conical…
Mammillaria bocasana (Powder Puff Cactus) is a clump-forming cactus with globular to cylindrical stems that grow up to 4.8 inches (12 cm)…
Epithelantha micromeris subsp. polycephala (Button Cactus) is a small cactus that grows in clusters of up to 100 stems. Each stem is up to…
Mammillaria plumosa (Feather Cactus) is a clustering cactus that forms a mound of globose stems covered in soft white spines. It grows up …
Mammillaria spinosissima 'Un Pico' is an attractive cactus with only one spine per areole. The stem is columnar, usually solitary but …
Mammillaria bombycina (Silken Pincushion Cactus) is a small cactus with bright-green to grey-green stems with bulbous tubercles …
Mammillaria theresae 'Cristata' is a rare small cactus with contorted olive-green stems with a magenta-red tint and clusters of white to …