Mammillaria carmenae

Mammillaria carmenae

  • Mammillaria carmenae
  • Mammillaria carmenae
  • Mammillaria carmenae
  • Mammillaria carmenae
  • Flower name
    Mammillaria carmenae
  • Scientific name
    Mammillaria carmenae
  • AliasMammillaria carmenae, 玉翁、
  • Place of originMexico
  • Place of floweringPotted flower
  • Flowering seasonMarch, April, May, June, July, August

What is Mammillaria carmenae

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Mammillaria carmenae or Old lady cactus, scientific name: Mammillaria carmenae, is a verrucous cactus of the genus Mammillaria of the cactus family, native to central Mexico. In its native habitat, it grows wild on dry, rocky shores. It produces numerous spherical to square verrucae. In spring and summer, buds emerge from the hairs in the axils of the verrucae and small pink flowers bloom like a hair ornament. The genus name, Mammillaria, means "having warts.

Common name: Erusamu, Mammillaria carmenae or Old lady cactus, scientific name: Mammillaria carmenae, origin: Central Mexico, plant height: 9 cm, plant diameter: 10 cm, sphere color: blue-green to gray-green with white hairs on blue-green background, flower color: pink, flower diameter: ~1 cm.


  • Order
    Caryophyllales
  • Family
    Cactaceae
  • Genus
    Mammillaria
  • Species
    M. carmenae
  • Type of flower
    Radial symmetrical flower
  • Array of flower
    Monopetal inflorescence
  • Petal shape
    Multi-petaled
  • Leaf type
    Other
  • Edge of the leaf
    Hairs
  • Life typecactus
  • Flower colorsPink
  • Colors of the leavesGreen
  • Fruit color
  • Height ~ cm
  • Diameter of flower2.0 ~ 2.0 cm

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