Cacti (cacti care) M + . Plyumoza . M . Plumosa Web .

Motherland - Mexico (Coahuila, on the rocks from Saltillo to Monterey) . Stem round, up to 7 cm in diameter . light green, bushy forms turf, soft nipples, cylindrical ; aksily with white wool; radial spikes to 40, a length of 3 - 7 mm, they are soft, white, feathery, no central spines, flowers length1.5 cm, 1.4 cm in diameter, white, green shed, on the petals dark stripe; reddish fruits . Rhode Mamillaria 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, whose milky juicethere is only a central 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 feature of the genus is the lack of ribs instead of which stemPlants 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 theaxilla . 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 that creates a coating of stem pubescence . Very beautiful white(M . Bocasana, M . Kandnda, M . Plumosa and M . Hahniana) and yellow Mammillaria (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 Mammillaria grow in the mountainous regions of Central andNorthern Mexico on limestone and chalk cliffs . They no other cacti need light and sun and requires the addition of lime to the soil .     ,