Of Spine and Flower

cactuspic · Post by **cactuspic** » Tue Jan 16, 2007 2:41 pm

Pesnickety to their core, many of my mammillarias bloom during winter's height. Gotta love them, but at a distance. Mammillarias are native to the southern USA and Mexico. These somehow survied another year of my care in my greeenhouse.

This is the first year the offshoots of this beautiful white Mamillaria flowered freely. Every so often, I thumb through my books to try to ID it. No luck so far.

Close-up of single flower

The delicate spination and crinkly flowers of Mammillaria aureilanata.

Mammilaria scheideana is a longtime favorite and old friend.

I love the spination on the Mammillaria theresae as well as their flowers.

Irwin
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beetleman · Post by **beetleman** » Tue Jan 16, 2007 5:30 pm

WOW Irwin. Wonderful pictures. I like the fifth one..I have never seen a cactus like that. The shape of the spines is amazing. Sorta looks like a coral head

Hope your not getting to much of that arctic freeze we are getting

Also, as an administrator of the forums, I have to remind you that you can only post three pictures at a time in a 24hr time frame. take care.
Doug

cactuspic · Post by **cactuspic** » Tue Jan 16, 2007 9:20 pm

Thanks Doug. I find the spination patterns fascinating.

Oops, I did not know the posting limit

Best regards,

Irwin