Cacti (cacti care) M + . Mazatlanenzis . M . Mazatlanensis (Reb . ) K . Sch . Et Giirke .

Motherland - Mexico (Sinaloa, Mazatlan) . Stem short-columnar, highly bushy, separate head up to 12 cm in height and 4 cm in diameter, gray-green, nipples shirokokonicheskie ; aksily slightly pubescent; on the nipple 13 - 15 white needle-like, rigid radial spines of 6 - 10 mmand 3 - 4 central spike light brown, spiny, length 8 - 15 mm; flowers 4 cm long, carmine, fruit brown to reddish-yellow, 2 cm . 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- A sub latex and hydro-chymos, which latex is present only in central blood vessels . Depending on the shape of the 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 featurekind is the lack of edges, instead of which the stem of the plant is covered with papillae, and the special structure of the areola: 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 . Afterflowering fruit is formed immediately, it gradually emerges from the axilla . Plant of the genus Mammillaria culture 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 thatcreated covering their stem pubescence . very beautiful white (M . bocasana, M . kandnda, M . plumosa and M . hahniana) and yellow Mamillaria (M . elongata, especially the kind of Stella -aurata, M . Pringles, M . tselziana and others), pubescence which hairs, spines and bristles often completely covers the buds on the stem and looks very impressive. WhiteMamillaria grow in mountainous areas of central and northern Mexico on limestone and chalk cliffs . They no other cacti need light and sun and requires the addition of lime to the soil .    ,