Cacti (cacti care) M + . WILD . M . Wildii Dietr .

Motherland - Mexico . Stem dark green, strongly kustyaschiysya, nipples soft, cylindrical, conical to; aksily with small tufts of wool and single setae; on the nipple 8 - 10 schetinko- prominent, furnaces, white radial spines length of 6 - 8 mm; central spines 3 - 4 . length 8 - 10 mm, theyfine-needle and lower hook-shaped rough, amber, flowers are 1 - 2 cm, white, brownish-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, inlatex which 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 feature of the genus is the lack of edgesinstead 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, hegradually 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 that creates a coating of the stempubescence . 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 buds on the stem and looks very impressive. White Mamillaria grow in mountainparts 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 .