Cacti (cacti care) M + . Knippeliana . M . Knippeliana Quehl .

Motherland - Mexico (Morelos) . Stem round, green, up to 6 cm in height, 4 - 5 cm in diameter, with the age of the bush; nipples pyramidal; aksily with white fur and curved bristles; radial spines 6, up to 3 cm they are needle-shaped, white, red or brown ends; there is no central spines, flowers are 1.5 cm long, 1 cm in diameter, straw-yellow, withred tip, red fruits . 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 is present only in central blood vessels . Depending on the formnipples, 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 the special structure of the areola: itdivided 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 is formed immediately, he gradually emerges from the axilla . Plant of the genus Mammillaria culture morepart 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 and M . hahniana) andyellow Mamillaria (M . elongata, especially the kind of Stella-aurate, M . Pringles, M . tselziana and others), pubescence which hairs, spines and bristles often completely covers the buds on the stem and looks very impressive . White Mamillaria grow in mountainous areas of central and northern Mexico on limestone and chalk cliffs . Theymore other cacti need light and the sun and require supplements to the soil lime .    ,