Mammillaria geminispina

Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture

Mammillaria elegans, DC. (M. acanthophlegma, Lehm. M. Potosina, Hort. M. Klugii; Ehrb.). Simple, then proliferous and densely cespitose, depressed-globose, later lengthened: tubercles crowded, very small: radial spines more than 20, bristle-like, about 3 lines long, pure white, interwoven and covering the whole plant; central spines 2 (1-3), with brown tips, the one directed upward, the other downward, about twice as long as radials, in the axils abundant long white wool. Mex. The above text is from the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture. It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article. Click on "Collapse" in the header to hide this text.