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Mammilaria identification thread

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I am in a cacti mood this year, and I would be happy to name some of my flowering mammis.

BUT

feel free to discuss anything involving mammilaria species identification, or put up your own specimens for questioning...

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1 . reddish spines, clumper, clumping even from higher than the base, whitish flower

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2. like previous, but with hooked, darker coloured spines

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6. slower grower, comb like spines

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PS:

I will get on those IDs soon enough, but I would love to discuss your thought about all this... the whole genus, and whatever ...

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cant wait to see bocasana fred porn :drool2:

nice thread call Mutey! - wish I could rush off and photograph mine to add ... will do at some point down the line I'm sure

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1: M. elongata

2: M. Sheldonii/Matzalentsis

3: M. bocasana

4: M. bombycina

5: M bocasana

6: M. matudae

Calculated guesses :innocent_n:

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This little FRED is a bit of a mystery to me, would love to hear peoples opinions. Standard form (Quite likely)? Though it looks a lot like some cristata I have have seen. There doesn't appear to be a single spine on him.

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there seem to be 3-4 strains or expressions of fred, crest being one of them.. check out cactus art site

Snowfella what awesome suggestions! I am quite sure you missed 5, but other wise, very good, thanks...

bombycina, elongata , bosacana (4) are spot on... again, thanks!!

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I dont understand what's the confusion

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what about these three??

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the white spined one in this might not even me a mammi... grown it gor years

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man you are the dude... thanks

with non-power I have as the muther fucker with most posts I nominate you as THE DUDE of this mammilaria thread... !!! :P:)

I got others coming, I didnt throw them in since they were not flowering yet , but they are mostly in the "rectangular" sector, which I was reading the other say...

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What about this?

This was a neglected but rather biggy specimen I bought from a local nursery, it doubled+ its width soon after repotting and now seems to be doing puppies.. I think it does that magenta flowers typical for lots of mammis.

also, these...

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are these 2 different types of M.elongata?

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First one has me stumped, though I do have a very similar plant on the bench without tags.

Second 2 I'd say are different types of elongata

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seems you are again correct for elongata types, it can have pinkish flower..

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what about this? its rather small to flower at this small age, flowers are also very tiny..

I have mammi hahniana/woodsii for many years, but its not it I think..

also the 1st plant of post #12 must be from the rectangular sector of mammis..

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Mammi with pups , picture 1 in post #12 indeed makes largish, rather darker purple than usual flowers, as seen today, will get more shots.

another two for identification...

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1.yellowish flowers, somewhat rectangular tubercles

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2. pinkish purple flowers, rather messy spination

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