Mammillaria microhelia

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Mammillaria microhelia May 16, 2019 13:58:19 GMT corky, osprey, and 2 more like this

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Post by fredg on May 16, 2019 13:58:19 GMT

We've had this fellow(s?) for over 35 years and ihe just quietly gets on with it in the cactus corner. Oddly though we always get heads with the different coloured flowers.
The pot must have contained the two when we bought it or did one try to establish its own identity

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corky God Posts: 1,008	Mammillaria microhelia May 18, 2019 10:35:51 GMT via mobile Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by corky on May 18, 2019 10:35:51 GMT Great having the two different colours, very nice indeed:)

fredg Administrator Slightly (*cough) eccentric Posts: 3,587	Mammillaria microhelia May 19, 2020 15:23:37 GMT corky, stevebooth, and 1 more like this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by fredg on May 19, 2020 15:23:37 GMT It still does it. I must re-pot it this year. And hose the cobwebs off
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fredg Administrator Slightly (*cough) eccentric Posts: 3,587	Mammillaria microhelia Apr 3, 2021 22:44:07 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by fredg on Apr 3, 2021 22:44:07 GMT Newly identified as Mammillaria microhelia Apparently the pink flowered one used to be known as Mammillaria microheliopsis, the distinction purely on flower colour. Thread title edited
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