Mammillaria sanchez-mejorade

	Mammillaria sanchez-mejoradae	CACTUS ART NURSERY Cultivation and Mail Sale of Cacti and Succulents.

*A tiny white-spined beauty . It remains small, max 2-4 cm, diameter 3 cm or less when fully grown (but can grow more and cluster in cultivation)*
	Description: It is a very slow growing miniature cactus. Stem: Usually solitary, flattened globose (or clumps forming over time) bright green to 3 cm high, 1 - 3 cm in diameter. Spines: No centrals, 30 to 40 hairlike (or plumose) pectinate, rigid radials, white, flattened against the tubercules, to 8 mm long. Flowers: Can vary between white and pink-rose, 2-3 cm in diameter. Fruit: Club shaped, red, up to15 mm long. Cultivation: Requires a small pot with fast draining mineral-based potting mix. The plant should be planted high, with gravel top dressing partially supporting it above the potting mix. Pot plants are quite wet-sensitive. Care must be taken with watering; it needs good drainage. Water sparingly during the growing season, and keep very dry in winter. Usually it is recommended to overwinter this plant in a bright and warm greenhouse with at least 8-10° C , but it has proved to be quite frost resistant ( -5° C). Give top shelf treatment. (Full sun - Light shade)
	Propagation: Seeds, cuttings or grafting.
Flowering size speciemens on a frost hardy Opuntia compressa stock.	This plant is grafted on Opuntia compressa. This grafting stock greatly enhances flower production.
Pectinate and feathery spines.	A pink flowering specimen

Family: *Cactaceae*
Scientific name: Mammillaria sanchez-mejoradae R.Gonzalez G. First description: Cact. Suc. Mex. 37(3): 55 (1992) Conservation status: Listed in CITES appendix 2.
	Origin and habitat: It is a Critically Endangered cactus endemic to a single small area (Rancho El Vergel - Municipio de Galeana) in Nuevo Leon Mexico Altitude 1.900 - 2.000 m. But it is supposed that there is more than one population and it could be quite variable.
Synonyms: Escobariopsis sanchez-mejoradae
*Apex with new spines,* M. sanchez-mejoradae is especially sought after for the incomparable beauty of its spination. Mammillaria sancez-mejoradae and a tree frog [you can see other macro photographs in the Gallery of Macro Photografy ]

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Family: Cactaceae