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Mammillaria canelensis

First description by Craig, Mamm. Handb. 307, fig 279 (1945)

Body: Plants solitary, eventually producing several stems. Stems globose, to 5 cm (2 in) or more high and 11 cm (4.3 in) in diameter.

Roots:

Sap: With latex.

Tubercule arrangement:

Tubercule: Tubercules conical.

Axil: With dense long wool and bristles.

Radial spine: 8 - 25, fine, needle like, white, 5 - 15 mm (0.2 - 0.6 in) long.

Central spine: 2 - 4, occassionally as many as 10, needle-like, stiff, sometimes straight, but usually curving, orangish yellow to reddish brown, to 30 mm (1.2 in) long.

Flower: Yellow or pink, to 15 mm (0.6 in) long and in diameter.

Fruit: Purplish red

Seed: Brown.

Flowering period in Cultivation (Europe):

Minimum temperature:

Habitat Substrate:

Geographic Distribution: Chihuahua, Mexico. Altitude 1.700 - 2.000 m.

Comments: This is an easy species. Care should be taken to retain the heavy wool that forms in the axils. Normally a tough species that can be accustomed to full sunlight if care is given to slowly increase light levels.

Bibliography: <br>John Pilbeam (1999) - Mammillaria The Cactus File Handbook - page 64. <br>Edward F. Anderson (2001) - The Cactus Family - page 410.

Synonymes: <br>M.auricantha <br>M. auritricha <br>M. bellacantha <br>M. floresii <br>M. laneusumma / lanisumma <br>M. mayensis <br>M. montensis