Mammillaria spinosissima var. auricoma f. cristata

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Mammillaria spinosissima var. auricoma f. cristata hort.

Family: CACTACEAE

Accepted Scientific Name: Mammillaria spinosissima Lem.
Cact. Aliq. Nov. Desc. 4. 1838 Lem.

Mammillaria spinosissima var. auricoma f. cristata Photo by: Valentino Vallicelli
Showy and easy to grow, it will form huge mounds up to one metre (or more) in diameter.

Origin and Habitat: Garden origin (Nursery produced selection)

Synonyms:

Mammillaria spinosissima var. auricoma f. cristata hort.

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Accepted name in llifle Database:
Mammillaria spinosissima Lem.
Cact. Aliq. Nov. Desc. 4. 1838
Synonymy: 70

Mammillaria spinosissima Lem.

Cactus spinosissimus (Lem.) Kuntze
Neomammillaria spinosissima (Lem.) Britton & Rose

Mammillaria centraliplumosa Fittkau
Mammillaria centraliplumosa var. gracilis Repp.
Mammillaria gasterantha Repp.
Mammillaria haasii J.Meyran
Mammillaria hermannii var. flavicans Salm-Dyck
Mammillaria pitcayensis Bravo
Mammillaria pretiosa var. cristata Hildm. ex C.F.Först.
Mammillaria spinosissima var. auricoma f. cristata hort.
Mammillaria spinosissima var. aurorea (Ehrenb.) Gürke

Cactus auroreus Kuntze
Mammillaria aurorea Ehrenb.

Mammillaria spinosissima brunnea Salm-Dyck

Mammillaria spinosissima f. brunnea (Salm-Dyck) Gürke

Mammillaria spinosissima var. castaneoides (Lem.) Borg in Borg

Mammillaria castaneoides Lem.

Mammillaria spinosissima f. cristata
Mammillaria spinosissima var. eximia (Ehrenb.) Gürke

Cactus eximius (Ehrenb.) Kuntze
Mammillaria eximia Ehrenb.
Mammillaria spinosissima f. eximia (Ehrenb.) Schelle

Mammillaria spinosissima var. flavida Salm-Dyck

Mammillaria spinosissima f. flavida (Salm-Dyck) Gürke

Mammillaria spinosissima var. genuina Gürke
Mammillaria spinosissima var. haseloffii (Ehrenb.) Gürke

Mammillaria haseloffii Ehrenb.

Mammillaria spinosissima var. hepatica (Ehrenb.) Labour.

Mammillaria hepatica Ehrenb.
Mammillaria seegeri var. gracilispina Salm-Dyck

Mammillaria spinosissima var. herrmannii (Ehrenb.) Gürke

Mammillaria herrmannii Ehrenb.

Mammillaria spinosissima var. isabellina (Ehrenb.) Gürke

Cactus isabellinus (Ehrenb.) Kuntze
Mammillaria isabellina Ehrenb.
Mammillaria spinosissima f. isabellina (Ehrenb.) Schelle

Mammillaria spinosissima var. linkeana (Ehrenb.) Gürke

Cactus linkeanus Kuntze
Mammillaria linkeana Ehrenb.

Mammillaria spinosissima var. mirabilis (Ehrenb.) Gürke

Cactus mirabilis Kuntze
Mammillaria mirabilis Ehrenb.
Mammillaria seegeri var. mirabilis (Ehrenb.) Labour.

Mammillaria spinosissima f. monstruosa hort.
Mammillaria spinosissima var. polyacantha (Ehrenb.)

Mammillaria polyacantha Ehrenb.

Mammillaria spinosissima var. pretiosa (Ehrenb.) Scheele

Cactus pretiosus (Ehrenb.) Kuntze
Mammillaria pretiosa Ehrenb.

Mammillaria spinosissima var. pruinosa (Ehrenb.) Gürke

Mammillaria pruinosa Ehrenb.
Mammillaria seegeri var. pruinosa (Ehrenb.) Salm-Dyck

Mammillaria spinosissima var. pulcherrima (Ehrenb.) Gürke

Cactus pulcherrimus (Ehrenb.) Kuntze
Mammillaria pulcherrima Ehrenb.

Mammillaria spinosissima f. rubens (Salm-Dyck) Gürke

Mammillaria spinosissima rubens Salm-Dyck

Mammillaria spinosissima f. rubrispina cristata hort.
Mammillaria spinosissima f. rubrispina hort.
Mammillaria spinosissima var. sanguinea (F.Haage) F.Haage in L.H.Bailey ex Brandegee

Mammillaria sanguinea F.Haage ex Regel

Mammillaria spinosissima var. seegeri (Ehrenb.) Gürke

Mammillaria seegerii Ehrenb.

Mammillaria spinosissima f. tepoztlanensis Bravo
Mammillaria spinosissima f. typica Gürke
Mammillaria spinosissima var. vulpina (Ehrenb.) Gürke

Cactus vulpinus var. Kuntze (Ehrenb.) Kuntze
Mammillaria vulpina var. Ehrenb. Ehrenb.

Mammillaria virginis Fittkau & Kladiwa in Krainz

Accepted name in llifle Database:
Mammillaria spinosissima subs. pilcayensis (Bravo) D.R.Hunt
Mammillaria Postscripts 6: 8 (1997)
Synonymy: 4

Mammillaria spinosissima subs. pilcayensis (Bravo) D.R.Hunt

Mammillaria pilcayensis Bravo

Mammillaria pilcayensis var. chrysodactyla Appenz.

Mammillaria chrysodactyla Appenz.

Accepted name in llifle Database:
Mammillaria spinosissima subs. tepoxtlana D.R.Hunt
Mammillaria Postscripts 6: 8 (1997), nom. nov. (Replaced synonym: MAMMILLARIA crassior)
Synonymy: 6

Mammillaria spinosissima subs. tepoxtlana D.R.Hunt
Mammillaria crassior Repp.
Mammillaria spinosissima var. auricoma (A.Dietr.) Gürke

Cactus auricomus (A.Dietr.) Kuntze
Mammillaria auricoma A.Dietr.
Mammillaria spinosissima f. auricoma (A.Dietr.) Schelle

Cultivars (3):

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Common Names include:
ENGLISH: Brain Cactus

Description: Mammillaria spinosissimaSN|13783]]SN|13783]] is a columnar plant. It's usually solitary, but it can form pups on old plants. M. spinosissima is very variable because of its wide area of origin in Mexico. The colour of the spines vary from red or rust to white.
Stem: Cylindrical, dark blue-green, rarely exceeding 30 cm in height, 6 - 7 (10 cm) cm in diameter. Without latex. Parastichy: 13 - 21
Tubercles: Ovate conical, four-sided basally. The axil is slightly woolly.
Radial spines: 20 - 25, white, bristle-like, 4 - 6 mm long.
Central spines: 12 - 15, pinkish-white, stronger than the radials and thicker at the base, straight, 10 - 12 mm long.
Flowers: Vivid purple/ red to deep pink, 12 mm in length and in diameter, encircling the columnar stems.
Blooming season: Late winter and spring,
Fruits: Purplish red or greenish.
Seeds: Brown.

Subspecies, varieties, forms and cultivars of plants belonging to the Mammillaria spinosissima group

Mammillaria crassior Repp.: (subsp. tepoxtlana) Has very fine white yellow spines
Mammillaria cylindrica (DC.) Don: The identity of this plant is extremely vague and unreliable. Possibly a form of Mammillaria spinosissina with few but strong brown spines?
Mammillaria cylindrica f. cristata hort.: Nice crestested form with white radials and dark brownish-red central spines.
Mammillaria pilcayensis var. chrysodactyla Appenz.: Differs from M. spinosissima in its smaller more compact tubercles and finer spines. It grows quite tall in age and may need something to lean on. Distribution: Guerrero.
Mammillaria spinosissima Lem.: (subsp. spinosissima) has cylindrical stems that rarely grows higher than 30 cm, dirty white spines and lacks bristles in the axils. It is very variable due to its wide area of origin. Distribution: Morelos, Guerrero, and Mexico.
Mammillaria spinosissima var. auricoma (A.Dietr.) Gürke: (subsp. tepoxtlana) Spines creamy white with pale orangiish to pinkish tips. Same as Mammillaria spinosissima ssp tepoxtlana??
Mammillaria spinosissima var. auricoma f. cristata hort.: (subsp. tepoxtlana) Nice crested form with creamy spines that are pale orange-pink when young.
Mammillaria spinosissima subs. pilcayensis (Bravo) D.R.Hunt: It has whiter spines, and the stems can grow up to 50 cm long/high. It might have some latex and bristles in the axils. The flowers are purple-pink. Distribution: Guerrero.
Mammillaria spinosissima f. rubrispina cristata hort.: Crested form. Forms tangled brain-like cushions up to 30 (or more) cm in diameter densely spined with bright coppery red spines.
Mammillaria spinosissima f. rubrispina hort.: The “rubrispina”” selection (a.k.a "Red-headed Irishman") forms nice clumps of columns, densely spined with bright coppery red spines.
Mammillaria spinosissima var. sanguinea (F.Haage) F.Haage in L.H.Bailey ex Brandegee: has a dark green cylindrical stem and long white spines, the central spines having red tips.
Mammillaria spinosissima subs. tepoxtlana D.R.Hunt: It has yellow spines.
Mammillaria spinosissima cv. Un Pico: This is a stable genetic mutation in which each areole only produces one spine, but some perfectly spineless areoles are also present.
Mammillaria spinosissima cv. Un Pico cristata: Crested form. Forms tangled brain-like cushions up to 30 (or more) cm in diameter, each areole only produces one spine.
Mammillaria spinosissima cv. Un Pico Monstruosa: Almost spineless. The monstrous form differs from the standard cv. Un Pico in having mostly spineless areoles with only few occasional spines scattered irregularly on the stem.

Mammillaria spinosissima var. auricoma f. cristata Photo by: Cactus Art

Mammillaria spinosissima var. auricoma f. cristata Photo by: Valentino Vallicelli

Mammillaria spinosissima var. auricoma f. cristata Photo by: Cactus Art

Mammillaria spinosissima var. auricoma f. cristata Photo by: Cactus Art

Cultivation and Propagation: Its qualities and ease of cultivation justify its being an old favourite. It doesn't requires any special treatment, but needs as much light as possible without burning the plant, in order to encourage the heaviest spine formation. Water regularly in summer, keep dry in winter.
Frost tolerance: -4° C.
Propagation: Seeds or offsets.

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