Description: Mammillaria bocasana cv. splendens is a selected cultivars similar to Mammillaria bocasana cv. multilanata but with an extreme abundance of short white woolly hairs and very short hooked central spines. Description Mammillaria bocasana var. splendens is a clumping cactus with stems covered with short white woolly hairs and very short hooked central spines. The stems are spherical, light green to bluish-green, up to 5 inches (12.5 cm) tall, and up to 3 inches (7.5 cm) in diameter.
Mammillaria bocasana f. multilanata splendens
By Milo Mason June 9, 2022 The Powder Puff Cactus ( Mammillaria bocasana) is a small, hairy cactus found in North-Central Mexico. It is a globular cactus that sometimes gets cylindrical with age. It grows about 4 inches tall and has a round body covered in white, hair-like spines. Mammillaria bocasana (Powder Puff Cactus) is a small clumping cactus that tends to form large clumps over time. The spherical stems, up to 5 in. tall (12 cm) and 3 in. wide (8 cm), are covered with silky white hairs, with each cluster surrounding a yellow-to-red hooked spine. The hooked spines were used as fish hooks in its native Mexico. Mammillaria bocasana cv. splendens f. cristata Photo by: Valentino VallicelliThis very beautiful plant has soft stems with with an extreme abundance of short white woolly hairs and very short hooked central spines. Origin and Habitat: Garden origin (Nursery produced cultivar) Synonyms: Mammillaria bocasana cv. splendens f. cristata Family: Cactaceae Subfamily: Cactoideae Tribe: Cacteae Subtribe: Cactinae Genus: Mammillaria Description Mammillaria bocasana is a clump-forming cactus with globular to cylindrical stems that grow up to 4.8 inches (12 cm) tall and up to 3.2 inches (8 cm) in diameter.
Mammillaria bocasana var. splendens World of Succulents
Mammillaria bocasana var. splendens is a clumping cactus with stems covered with short white woolly hairs and very short hooked central… View Plant Details Mammillaria bocasana var. splendens with a plant profile, including common names, scientific classification, brief description, origin, care tips, and photos. Mammillaria bocasana is a species of cactus in the subfamily Cactoideae. It is often sold as a "powder puff" cactus, [2] and also as a "Powder Puff Pincushion." [3] The plant is protected from collecting in the wild in Mexico. [1] Habitat In its natural habitat of Northern central Mexico, it is found between 1650-2300 meters above sea level. [3] Mammillaria bocasana f. splendens Mammillaria bocasana subsp. splendens USDA Zone 8a: to -12.2 °C (10 °F) USDA Zone 8b: to -9.4 °C (15 °F) USDA Zone 9a: to -6.6 °C (20 °F) USDA Zone 9b: to -3.8 °C (25 °F) USDA Zone 10a: to -1.1 °C (30 °F) USDA Zone 10b: to 1.7 °C (35 °F) Can be grown as an annual Mammillaria bocasana is a winter-growing species of cactus which, along with its cousins Mammillaria plumosa and Mammillaria retusa (also called Coryphantha retusa), are commonly known as powder puff cactus.. As their name suggests, these cacti have wispy spines that stick out in all directions making them particularly well-suited to being grown as houseplants.
Mammillaria Bocasana var. Splendens Planting succulents, Cacti and succulents, Succulent images
More. Subspecies, varieties, forms and cultivars of plants belonging to the Mammillaria cv. Fred (various clones) Mammillaria bocasana cv. Fred Standard Form: This is the original clone, the true FRED a mutant form of Mammillaria bocasana. But nowadays a numbers of monstrous mammillarias has been named FRED, clearly they are not the true self. Mammillaria bocasana Poselg. First published in Allg. Gartenzeitung 21: 94 (1853) This species is accepted The native range of this species is NE. Mexico (to Jalisco). It is a succulent subshrub and grows primarily in the desert or dry shrubland biome.. Neomammillaria bocasana var. splendens (Lem.)
Powder Puff Cactus ( Mammillaria bocasana) (Poselger): Miniature, globose cactus from Mexico with copper spines and a fluffy coating of white, cottony hair. It grows easily and produces many offshoots that can be transplanted or left to cluster and mound. Expect dependable blooms in the form of a ring of white to pink flowers crowning each stem. Mammillaria bocasana var splendens Hort Mammillaria bocasana var multilanata Hort . This is one of the easiest species to grow, with lots of cream-white or pinkish flowers blooming abundantly in spring. Cultivation: It is a rapidly growing species. Water regularly in summer, but do not over-water (rot prone).
Mammillaria bocasana
The record derives from Caryophyllales.org (data supplied on 2022-04-20) which reports it as a synonym of Mammillaria bocasana Poselg. Mammillaria bocasana var. splendens Lem. Bibliography Description. Mammillaria bocasana 'Multilanata' is a cactus with clumping blue-green stems covered with hair-like radial spines and 1 to 7 (one hooked) central spines. The stems are spherical and up to 3 inches (7.5 cm) in diameter. The radial spines are white and up to 0.8 inches (2 cm) long, while the radial spines are reddish-brown and up to.
