Mammillaria polythele f. inermis hort.

Mammillaria polythele f. inermis hort.

 

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Mammillaria magnimamma toluca 와 구분 어렵다.

Mammillaria magnimamma 와도 구분 어렵다.

Mammillaria polythele f. inermis hort.

Theis cultivar looks a bit like a green pine cone with few or no spines. The apex is clothed in white wool. The pinkish purple flowers come in large numbers from spring to late summer.

Description: Mammillaria polythele cv. Stachellos (spineless form) is a solitary, columnar upright-growing cultivars, usually erect but sometimes sprawling that looks a bit like a green pine cone, stem blue green with latex up to 8-10 cm in diameter, 30-40 (60) tall. Tubercles Prominent, globular conical clothed in white wool with few or no spines.

Flowers: Many rose to pinkish purple irregularly distributed near crown, up to 10 mm long, 12 mm in diameter, with a very long flowering time from spring to summer, Fruit: Club shaped, red.

Remarks: A rare peculiarity of this plant is that the flowers are produced either from the axil and from the apex of the tubercles too.

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