Mammillaria spinosissima

Familia: Cactaceae
Subfamilia: Cactoideae
Tribus: Cacteae
Genus: Mammillaria
Subgenus: Mammillaria
Sectio: Conoidothelae
Series: Polyacanthae
Species: spinosissima

Listed in CITES appendix 2

Gender: Hermaphrodite
Compatibility: Self sterile
Flower lifetime: 2-3 days
Fruit ripening time: 11 months

Curriculum vitae

Date of birth: ca. 1990
In my collection since: ca. 1993

Soil mix

Quantities are specified in percentage of volume:

• Brick chippings: 23%
• Peat: 23%
• Pumice: 23%
• Zeolithe: 23%
• Basaltic lava: 8%