Cacti (cacti care) M + . Neokoronariya . M . Neocoronaria Knuth .

Motherland - Mexico (Hidalgo Real del Monte, Sierra Rosa) . Stem initially spherical, then extended up to 15 cm in height and up to 7 cm in diameter , green, later gray-blue, kustyaschiysya; aksily naked; conical nipples; to escape 16 - 18 off-white radial spines, up to 8mm central spines usually 6 to 1.5 cm in length, these spikes are different in color, yellow or brown to red; flowers up to 7 cm long, pale carmine . 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 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 of these sections are divided into further sub pas, group and subgroups . Appearance Mammillaria, their flowers, thorns and pubescence unusually varied. Distinguishingfeature is a kind of 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 . 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. . . ) Identify groups Mammillaria the general background,which is created by covering their stem pubescence . very beautiful white (M . bocasana, M . kandnda, M . plumosa and M . hahniana) and yellow Mamillaria (M . elongata, especially its kind Stella-aurate, M . Pringles, M . goal-ziana and others), pubescence which hairs, spines and bristles often completely covers the buds on the stem and looks veryeffectively . 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 .    ,