Cacti (cacti care) M + . Mendeliana . M . Mendeliana (H . Bravo) Werd .

Motherland - Mexico (Guanajuato, Taraheaz, Querétaro) . Stem globular to elongate, single, up to 9 cm in diameter, dark olive green ; top round nipples; aksily abundantly covered with white hair bristles; radial spikes as white, short,bristly hairs; central spines 2 - 4, a length of 1.5 - 2 cm, they are reddish-brown, with black "ends with a rough touch, flowers are light pink, dark pink middle; purple fruit . Genus Mammillaria Haw . - Mammillaria - the most numerous genus of the family Cactaceae . It has 350 species and 98 varieties . Rod is divided into 3 sectionshydor-hilum - with watery juice, galaktos-chylos - with milky juice and hydro sub-chymos, whose sap is available only in the central vessels . Depending on the shape of the nipple, stem and thorns, and the magnitude of flowers and other signs These sections are divided into more sub pas groups and subgroups. Appearance Mammillaria, their flowers, thorns and unusually pubescencevaried . 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: it is divided into two parts - one carrying the spikes, is at the end of the papilla, the other - and vegetative - is in aksile (deepening between the papillae) . The flowers appear fromlast year's axilla around the top . After flowering, the 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. . . ) DistinguishMammillaria group on the general background that creates a coating of stem pubescence . very beautiful white (M . bocasana, M . kandnda, M . plumosa and M . 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 covers the nipples onstem and looks very impressive. White Mamillaria 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 .