Home

I am not a professional nor an expert in Cactacea or Mammillaria taxonomy. Any help with ID and spelling are always welcome. To up-date my list I've been using many books, journals, catalogs and other web-sites. It's been helpful, but I have more work to do. I only ship to the main 48 States. We offer 72+ hour heat packs for $4.00 each. Please read the front page for ordering information.

Note: These photos were taken the first week of November, 2022.

Mammillaria and Family

    Cochemiea poselgeri - Also known as Mammillaria poselgeri, is a cereus like cactus, forming large clumps with numerous stems from a central tuberous rootstock, spreading or sometimes pendent from rocks or creeping over the ground. It was the first Cochemiea to be discovered and described, and is a very ornamental species with incredible scarlet flowers. Really it doesn't looks look a Mammillaria at all. Baja California Norte and Baja California Sur, Mexico. Propagated from one of our very old large collection plants. Growing in a 4 1/2" pot. 1 in stock @ $15.00. SOLD

   Cochemiea setispina - Sometime found as Cochemies pondii ssp. setispina. The flowers are very showy, long, red, narrowly tubular with bilateral symmetry and fit for hummingbird pollination. San Borgia, Baja California, Mexico. Propagated from one of our very old large collection plants. Growing in 3 1/2" pots. 1 in stock @ $13.00 each.

   Coryphantha cornifera ssp. echinus - Propagated from a very old large collection plant. Growing in 2.75" pots. 4 in stock @ $13.00 each.

    Coryphantha elephantidens - Coryphantha elephantidens is a large, depressed-globular cactus, simple or occasionally clumping and group-forming. C. elephantidens usually has pink flowers. This species comprises three subspecies - the typical form, subsp. bumamma (Ehrenb.) Dicht & A.Lüthy, and subsp. greenwoodii (Bravo) Dicht & A.Lüthy. The epithet 'elephantidens' comes from Latin and means 'elephant tooth' and describes the fang-like spines of this species. Mexico. Propagated from a very old large collection plant. Growing in 2.75" pots. 8 in stock @ $10.00 each.

   Coryphantha macromeris - Plants profusely branched with long projecting spines, ultimately forming low mats or hemispheric mounds. The blooms are large bright lavender to magenta over long periods from March to early September. New Mexico, Texas and Mexico. Propagated from a very old large collection plant. Growing in 2.75" pots. 4 in stock @ $13.00 each.

     Coryphantha ramillosa - Is a small cactus species, appearing bristly or shaggy grey, brown, or whitish. Flowers from young areoles near the apex, funnel shaped, color varying from pale pink to deep rose purple with darker mid-stripe, glossy. USA, Texas - Mexico. Propagated from a very old large collection plant. Growing in in a 6" pot. 1 in stock @ $25.00. Sold

    Coryphantha ramillosa - Is a small cactus species, appearing bristly or shaggy grey, brown, or whitish. Flowers from young areoles near the apex, funnel shaped, color varying from pale pink to deep rose purple with darker mid-stripe, glossy. USA, Texas - Mexico. Propagated from a very old large collection plant. Growing in 2.75" pots. 2 in stock @ $13.00 each.

   Coryphantha retusa - It's a small greyish-green cactus thickly covered with tawny wool. Many of the yellowish-brown spines are curved backward. The flowers are deep yellow and borne from the center of the plant. Mexico. Growing in 3 1/2" pots. 3 in stock @ $15.00 each.

   Coryphantha vivipara - Sometime listed as Escobaria vivipara. It's a small solitary or clumping cactus. Some varieties form colonies of over 200 stems. This species is the most widespread, abundant and variable member of the genus. It is densely covered in a mat of star-shaped arrays of spines. Flowers pale rose-pink to reddish pink or magenta (or rarely yellow or green) , sometimes with darker mid-stripes, sometimes shading to white or pale green. Canada, USA and Mexico. Propagated from a very old large collection plant. Growing in 3 1/2" pots. 3 in stock @ $13.00 each.

   Coryphantha vivipara X Escobaria sneedii - Looks like a large headed Escobaria with a slit pinkish-brown color to the spines tips. Clumping with pink flowers. Propagated from a very old large collection plant. Growing in 2.75"pots. 6 in stock a @ $13.00 each.   

   Epithelantha micromeris - This is a larger plant with a scar on the smaller stem. Do not have a ssp. name for this one. They are miniature globose cactus, erect, unbranched or in small clumps, not deep-seated in substrate, appearing ashy grey and relatively rough in general aspect. Arizona, New Mexico, western Texas into Mexico. Growing in a 4 1/2" pot. 1 @ $35.00. Sold

    Epithelanth micromeri - Do not have a ssp. name for these. They are miniature globose cactus, erect, unbranched or in small clumps, not deep-seated in substrate, appearing ashy grey and relatively rough in general aspect. Arizona, New Mexico, western Texas into Mexico. Growing in 2.75" pots. 6 in stock @ $13.00 each.

    Escobaria chihuahuensis ssp. henricksonii - Clustering stems with pink flowers. Mexico. Propagated from a very old large collection plant. Growing in 2.75" pots. 6 in stock @ $13.00 each.

   Escobaria minima - This tiny cactus with its thick whitish spines and attractive pink flowers (larger than the plant itself), it is highly prized among collectors. Brewster County, Texas. Propagated from a very old large collection plant. Growing in 2.75 pots. 9 in stock @ $15.00 each.   

    Mammillaria candida rosea - Also found as Mammilloydia candida. The newer spines will have a reddish-pink coloring then turn white as the new spine grow in. Nice large heads that make a nice clumping plant. Mexico.  Growing in a 3 1/2" pots. 3 in stock @ $15.00 each.

   Mammillaria compressa ssp. centralifera - It distinguishes for the presence of long central spines, usually one, sometimes two, and for the greater amount of axillary wool.  Bright purple-pink flowers. These are offsets from one of our an old crested plant so these may make a crest? Mexico. Growing in 3 1/2" pots. 25 @ $13.00 each.

    Mammillaria elongata minina monstrose #1 - This monstrose form has stems that are under a half inch with tiny burst of monstrose spines, cream colored flowers. They will make red monstrose growths. Nursery origin. Propagated from a very old large collection plant. Growing in 2.75" pots. 12 in stock $13.00 each.

   Mammillaria glassii 'Dulces Nonbres' - Field number: L 1537 track from Dulces Nombres over Santa Engracia, Tamaulipas, Mexico. It is a sweet little mat forming plant, that offsets heavily and forms a beautiful low white cushion. Flowers are pink. Propagated from a very old large collection plant. Growing in 3 1/2" pots. 5 in stock @ $13.00 each.

   Mammillaria hahniana ssp. hahniana - Very handsome variant of the species. Will make nice clumps of hairy heads. Violet flowers. Sometimes called the "Old Lady Cactus". Mexico. Propagated from a very old large collection plant. Growing in 3 1/2" pots. 3 in stock @ $15.00 each.

   Mammillaria hahniana ssp. hahniana - Very handsome variant of the species. Will make nice clumps of hairy heads. Violet flowers. Sometimes called the "Old Lady Cactus". Mexico. Propagated from a very old large collection plant. Growing in 2.75" pots. 4 in stock @ $13.00 each.

    Mammillaria herrerae ssp. herrerae - It is small growing cactus that look like a little golf ball. It usually stays solitary, or occasionally clusters from the base. Stems are globose or slightly elongated as it ages. Flower are quite large for a Mammillaria, pale pink to red-violet. Mexico. Propagated from one of our very old large collection plants. Growing in 2.75" pots. 3 in stock @ $13.00 each.

    Mammillaria longimamma ssp. uberiformis - Clustering very young and forming dense clumps. No Central spine for the var. uberiformis. Flowers large bright yellow. Thick taproots, larger in upper portion. Mexico. Propagated from one of our very old large collection plants. Growing in 4 1/2" pots. 6 in stock @ $15.00 each.

   Mammillaria magnifica - Is a fine but poorly known taxon that form clumps of tall column bristling with yellowish brown, hooked central spines. Flowers are rose-purple flowers circling the crown of the plant. There are several forms known, some with gold spines, some with red to black spines. The large stem will grow towards the sun, changing direction in just a few weeks if the plant is turned. Mexico. Propagated from one of our very old large collection plants. Growing in a 3 1/2" pot. 1 in stock @ $15.00. Sold

   Mammillaria matudae - Is a columnar cactus that offsets basally to form wide clusters in time. The stem is quite tidy in youth and tends to recline as it elongates giving the old plant a characteristic sprawling habit. Each head is surrounded by a complete ring, 2-3 flowers thick, of star like magenta flowers usually just 2-5 cm forming rings of blooms near the growing tip. There are ample variations among spines color. Mexico. Growing in 4 1/2" pots. 3 in stock @ $15.00 each.

   Mammillaria mazatlanensi - Is a cylindrical cactus, with reddish brown spines and large bright purple flowers with green stigmas. Often forming broad clumps with many heads. Mexico. Propagated from one of our very old large collection plants. Growing in 2.75" pots. 1 in stock @ $10.00 each. SOLD OUT

   Mammillaria microthele - Also found as Mammillaria formosa subs. microthele. Is a low-growing flattened plants, clumping with tight, short white spines which forms low, many-headed, mounds in time. Flowers are pure white to very light pink. Mexico. Growing in 2.75" pots. 3 in stock @ $15.00 each.

  Mammillaria multidigitata - Mammillaria multidigitata is endemic to San Pedro Nolasco Island in Mexico, where it grows on steep slopes. From spring to early summer it sprouts white to cream colored flowers with yellow-green stigma, orange pollen and reddish-orange seed pots. Propagated from one of our old large collection plants. Growing in 3 1/2" pots. 4 in stock @ $13.00 each.

    Mammillaria plumosa #1 JJ lg. - This is the larger stem form of Mammaillaria plumosa. Sometime called the 'Feather Cactus'. Very soft touchable spines. They make nice feathery clusters. Will have pinkish flowers thought out the fall and winter. Mexico. Propagated from one of our very old large collection plants. Growing in 6"pots. 2 in stock @ $30.00 each.

   Mammillaria plumosa #1 JJ - This is the larger stem form of Mammaillaria plumosa. Sometime called the 'Feather Cactus'. Very soft touchable spines. They make nice feathery clusters. Will have pinkish flowers thought out the fall and winter. Mexico. Propagated from one of our very old large collection plants. Growing in 3 1/2" pots. 4 in stock @ $13.00 each.    

Mammillaria pringlei #1 -  Sometimes found as Mammillaria rhodantha subs. pringlei. Is one of several yellow- or golden/amber-spined variants of Mammillaria rhodantha. Small deep red flowers. Growing in a 4 1/2" pot. 1 @ $18.00. Sold

   Mammillaria proliflera ssp. roseiflora lg - Clump forming. All white spines, no hooked spines. Flowers bright pink and red seed pods. Make fewer red seed pods as the ssp. texana. Un-know origin. Propagated from one of our very old large collection plants. Growing in 3 1/2" pots. 0 in stock @ $15.00 each. SOLD OUT

   Mammillaria proliflera ssp. roseiflora - Clump forming. All white spines, no hooked spines. Flowers bright pink and red seed pods. Make fewer red seed pods as the ssp. texana. Un-know origin. Propagated from one of our very old large collection plants. Growing in 2.75" pots. 8 in stock @ $13.00 each.

   Mammillaria rekoi ssp. leptacantha -  Slowly clustering. Flowers purple, generally with darker midribs.  Finely bristly, needle-like, white to golden yellow 4-6, much stouter than the radials, yellow, amber or brown, sometimes twisted. Mexico. Propagated from one of our very old large collection plants. Growing in 2.75" pots. 7 in stock @ $10.00 each.

     Mammillaria sartorii - Clumping with thick black spines. Bright pink flowers. Mexico. Propagated from one of our old large collection plants. Growing in 3 1/2" pots. 2 in stock @ $15.00 each.

   Mammillaria spinosissima ssp pilcayensis - Stems can grow up to 50 cm long. Central and radial spines are all similar, about 30-34, pale glassy yellow and 5-6 mm long. The plants are solitary or sparsely branched from the base, with stems almost horizontal and threatening to hang down, although they continue to flower prolifically. The flowers are purple-pink. Mexico. Propagated from one of our very old large collection plants. Growing in 2.75" pots. # in stock 2 @ $10.00 each.

   Mammillaria spinosissima 'Un Pico' - This is a stable genetic mutation from a very variable spined species Mammillaria spinosissima, in which each areole only produces one spine, but some perfectly spineless areoles are also present. Mammillaria pilcayensis cv. Un Pico is an easy to grow cultivar, just as a classic cactus, don't requires any special treatment, but need as much light as possible without burning the plant to encourage the heaviest spine formation. It is a great starter plant for the cactus grower, that readily builds up into a cluster of stems highlighted by reddish spines, further decorated by rings of purple-pink blooms. Nursery origin. Propagated from one of our old large collection plants. Growing in 2.75" pots. 1 in stock @ $13.00 each.

   Mammillaria petterssonii -  Single head will cluster with age. Long golden spines setting on a white spine woolly covering. Flowers pink. Mexico. Growing in 6" pots. 2 in stock @ $20.00 each. Sold Out

Home