Cacti (cacti care) M + . Elegans . M . Elegans DC

Motherland - Mexico (Distrito Federal-) . The stem is a single, spherical, about 5 cm in diameter; nipples ovate; aksily naked; areola on 25 - 30 white, adjacent radial spines up to 6 mm and 2 central spike up to 1 cm, thin, white, with brownish tips, carmine flowers, fruits, too, carmine, 2 cm long . now identified several species differ slightly fromthis and previously considered it a kind . Genus Mammillaria Haw . - Mammillaria - the most numerous genus of the family Cactaceae . It has 350 species and 98 varieties . Rod is divided into 3 sections hydor-hilum - with watery juice, galaktos-chylos - with milky juice and sub hydro -chymos, which latex has a central vessels only. InDepending on the form of nipples, studs, and the stem, and flowers and other quantities, these attributes are divided into more sections na sub groups and subgroups. Appearance Mammillaria, their flowers, thorns and pubescence unusually varied . A distinctive feature of the genus is the lack of ribs instead of which stem of the plant is covered with papillae, and specialareola structure: it is divided into two parts - one carrying the spikes, is at the end of the papilla, the other - and vegetative - is in aksile (the depression between the papillae) . The flowers appear from last year's axilla around the top . After flowering, the fruit forms not immediately, it gradually emerges from the axilla . Plants in the genus Mammillariaculture mostly unpretentious . In the summer they need moisture and the sun (with shading from strong heat), in the winter - cold and dry content at + 8, + 10 ° . Some authors (Pazhout, etc. . . ) Identify groups Mammillaria the general background that creates a coating of stem pubescence . Very beautiful white (M . Bocasana, M . Kandnda, M . Plumosa andM . Hahniana) and yellow Mamillaria (M . Elongata, especially the kind of Stella-aurate, M . Pringles, M . Goal-ziana and others), pubescence which hairs, spines and bristles often completely closes papillae on the stem, and looks very impressive. White Mamillaria grow in mountainous areas of central and northern Mexico on limestone and chalkrocks . They no other cacti need light and sun and requires the addition of lime to the soil .