Origin and habitat: Baja California Mexico.
Habit: Solitary or clustering cylindrical cactus entirely hidden under the many closely set spines.
Mammillaria albicans produces clumps of 5-15 branches with cylindrical stems closely crowded and obscured by spines . Areoles densely white-woolly in youth.
Flowers: Around the top, white to pale pink, with pinkish mid-veins, up to 20 mm in diameter. Outer perianth-segments with a pinkish mid-rib. Inner perianth-segments white. Filaments pinkish. Style nearly white; stigma-lobes nearly white to purplish.
Blooming season: Summer (June to August).
Some of the information in this description has been found at desert-tropicals.com, llifle.com and cactus-art.biz
Bloom Season
Flower Color
Growth Rate
Hardiness Zone
Mature Size
Resistance
Sun Exposure
Bloom Season | Winter and spring |
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Botanical Name | Mammillaria albicans |
Common Name | Caryophyllales |
Dormancy | Winter |
Family | Cactaceae |
Flower Color | White/yellow |
Growth Habit | Cylindrical, |
Growth Rate | Slow growth |
Hardiness Zone | 9b |
Mature Size | 3 meters |
Native Area | Baja california mexico |
Resistance | 5° C |
Sun Exposure | Full sun |
- Description
- Key Plant Features
Origin and habitat: Baja California Mexico.
Habit: Solitary or clustering cylindrical cactus entirely hidden under the many closely set spines.
Mammillaria albicans produces clumps of 5-15 branches with cylindrical stems closely crowded and obscured by spines . Areoles densely white-woolly in youth.
Flowers: Around the top, white to pale pink, with pinkish mid-veins, up to 20 mm in diameter. Outer perianth-segments with a pinkish mid-rib. Inner perianth-segments white. Filaments pinkish. Style nearly white; stigma-lobes nearly white to purplish.
Blooming season: Summer (June to August).
Some of the information in this description has been found at desert-tropicals.com, llifle.com and cactus-art.biz
Bloom Season
Flower Color
Growth Rate
Hardiness Zone
Mature Size
Resistance
Sun Exposure
Bloom Season | Winter and spring |
---|---|
Botanical Name | Mammillaria albicans |
Common Name | Caryophyllales |
Dormancy | Winter |
Family | Cactaceae |
Flower Color | White/yellow |
Growth Habit | Cylindrical, |
Growth Rate | Slow growth |
Hardiness Zone | 9b |
Mature Size | 3 meters |
Native Area | Baja california mexico |
Resistance | 5° C |
Sun Exposure | Full sun |