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	Mammillaria compressa cristata	CACTUS ART NURSERY Cultivation and Mail Sale of Cacti and Succulents.

Cultivation: It is a rapid growing species . Water regularly in summer, but do not overwater (Rot prone) Use pot with good drainage and a very porous potting media, keep dry in winter. Feed with a high potassium fertilizer in summer. It is quite frost resistant if kept dry, hardy as low as -5° C (some reports give it hardy to -12°C) Outside full sun or afternoon shade, inside needs bright light, and some direct sun.

Picture of conspecific taxa, varieties, forms and cultivars:

Family: Cactaceae (Cactus Family)

Scientific Name: Mammillaria compressa f. cristata

Origin: Garden origin (Nursery produced cultivar)

Conservation status: Listed in CITES appendix 2.

Forms large tangled crests. Easily to grow on its own roots.

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