International Succulent Introductions Plant Introductions of the Huntington Botanical Gardens (published in the Cactus and Succulent Journal) Vol. 78 (2), March - April, 2006 Mammillaria perezdelarosae Bravo & Scheinvar

Photo © 2006 by John Trager. Images may not be used elsewhere without permission. Alternate pictures: (Click to enlarge) (related M. bombycina)   ISI 2006-5. Mammillaria perezdelarosae Bravo & Scheinvar. This is one of the more exciting mammillaria discoveries described since1985 but still not as widely cultivated as it deserves. It combines clean, glassy white radial spines with hooked dark-brown centrals. Similar to the related M. bombycina, it differs in its darker centrals and denser, pectinately arranged radials that completely conceal the epidermis, and in its paler pink flowers. Both species are of easy culture and have consistently clean spination whether grown indoors or out. Originally described from eastern Jalisco, Mexico, additional populations have since been located in Aguascalientes just to the north. HBG 76667. $5.

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