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Photo
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Andrea
B. (Bologna, Italy)
http://www.cactusfriends.com/Andrea/index.html
Mammillaria
plumosa has beautiful feathery looking spines that are so soft,
it makes it one of the friendliest of all cacti.
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Description: Clumping plants form low,
dense mounds up to 40 cm wide. Stems without latex, spherical, light green,
6 - 7 cm high and in diameter, covered in white interlacing, feathery
spines (About 40 per areole 3 - 7 mm long.) Central spines are absent.
Flowers: Whitish yellow, up to 15 mm long (occasionally with pink
midstrips), with a strong sweet scent.
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Cultivation: Needs regular water in summer, but
for best appearance keep water off of the spines. Do not let the soil
become too dry in winter, either. It does better with a good drained soil
mix since it is a rot prone species,
whose roots are
easily lost in pots that stay damp for any length of time. It
takes a couple of years to offset, but once it starts it can fill a 25cm
pot in just a few years. Propagation: Seeds, offsets (Cuttings root
quickly). Needs full sun or light shade in summer.
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Spines
Photo and ©
copyright by
Irwin Lightstone (http://www.radiantimagesphotography.net
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