Another mammillaria

Mike · Post by **Mike** » Thu Jan 05, 2006 9:19 pm

Hi,

looks to me like this is M. mainiae. Any thoughts.

Mike

Dominique · Post by **Dominique** » Fri Jan 06, 2006 5:58 am

Hello, Mike,
It does look like M. mainiae regarding the number of spines and aspect of the plant but two things however bother me. M. mainiae has naked axil and it seems that your plant has some wool. The tips of the spines are usually dark and on the picture they are not. All this said, at the moment, I have no other name to propose

Mike · Post by **Mike** » Sat Jan 07, 2006 6:35 pm

Hi,

It was ID elsewhere as johnstonii, and that certainly seems correct. Mike

Post by **daiv** » Sat Jan 07, 2006 6:52 pm

I forgot about this link:

http://tucsoncactus.org/cgi-bin/MySQLdb ... n=Gallery5

This should help us get through all of Mike Mamms.

I must say the M. johnstonii on that page is a dead ringer for this one. Looks like there are large flowers in the future for you on this one.

Mike · Post by **Mike** » Sat Jan 07, 2006 11:05 pm

Thanks, Daiv, that is quite a site. I have labels on almost all of them, so I only post them now when I get a new one. It is too bad there is not a superstore that has them all - I now get one when it is different, so I can't be too choosy about knowing what it is. Mike

Post by **daiv** » Sun Jan 08, 2006 4:15 am

I'm still working on the ones that aren't for sure yet, so if you beat me to it (because I'm slow) be sure and post the name that way I can just confirm your ID or move to a new one.