Mammillaria bombycina Cactus Live plant

Mammillaria bombycina
Mammillaria bombycina Common name: Silken Pincushion

Mammillaria bombycina Origin:  Originally described from eastern Jalisco, Mexico, additional populations have since been located in Aguascalientes just to the north. Altitude 2.340 to 2.500 m.

Mammillaria bombycina Synonyms:

• Chilita bombycina,
• Escobariopsis bombycina,
• Ebnerella bombycina,
• Neomammillaria bombycina

M. perezdelarosae is closely related though most plants are solitary

Mammillaria bombycina Description: Solitary or clustering stems, some clones cluster aggressively and can form 50-90 cm wide, gorgeous mounds as they matures.
Stems: Depressed globose to club shaped, bright-green to grey-green, 7 – 14 cm high, 5 – 6 cm in diameter.
Tubercle: Conical to cylindrical, firm.
Sap: Occasionally latex in tubercules.
Axil: With dense wool and bristles.
Radial spine: 30 – 65, have a glassy appearance white, to yellowish white stiff, thin, needle-like, pectinately arranged, that almost conceal the epidermis to 8 mm long.
Central spine: 3 – 8 (usually 4), yellow with dark tips, or orange-reddish brown, lowermost one hooked downwards and to 20 mm long, others straight and to 11 mm long. hooked spines.
the many radial spines
Flower: Light carmine, pink or white, funnelform, , to 15 mm long and in diameter in circles around the crown of the plant.
Blooming: Come only to mature plants in Spring
Fruit: Pale pinkish green.