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Mammillaria bocasana f. monstruosa hort.
(Mammillaria bocasana cv. Fred)
Family: CACTACEAE

Accepted Scientific Name: Mammillaria bocasana cv. Fred Standard Form

Mammillaria bocasana f. monstruosa (Mammillaria bocasana cv. Fred Standard Form) Photo by: Valentino Vallicelli
This is the original clone, the true FRED that occasionally shows a reversion to the normal form of Mammillaria bocasana. But nowadays a numbers of different monstrous mammillarias has been named FRED, clearly they are not the true self, in fact time by time they produce clusters of strong spines which are not at all similar to those of a Mammillaria bocasana.

Synonyms:

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Accepted name in llifle Database:
Mammillaria bocasana Poselg.
Allg. Gartenzeitung (Otto & Dietrich) 21: 94. 1853
Synonymy: 13 Accepted name in llifle Database:
Mammillaria bocasana subs. eschauzieri (J.M.Coult.) W.A.Fitz Maur. & B.Fitz Maur.
J. Mammillaria Soc. 35(2): 17 (1995) (also spelled: "eschanzieri" or "eschausieri")
Synonymy: 27 Cultivars (6):
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Subspecies, varieties, forms and cultivars of plants belonging to the Mammillaria cv. Fred (various clones)

  • Mammillaria bocasana cv. Fred Standard Form: This is the original clone, the true FRED a mutant form of Mammillaria bocasana. But nowadays a numbers of monstrous mammillarias has been named FRED, clearly they are not the true self.
  • Mammillaria cv. Fred f. cristata: It forms soft rubbery textured, clear green, crested stems. Sometimes this clone will have a normal "patch" and remain mostly monstrose.
  • Mammillaria cv. Fred Large Head Type: this is the large bodied clone that makes a large clusters of rubbery textured green and pink tipped stems, each 1-2,5 cm across.
  • Mammillaria cv. Fred Small Head Type: this is the small bodied clone forming crowded mounds of tiny, spineles stems only a few millimetres across (3-9 mm wide). Each mound may be formed by hundreds of individual heads.
  • Mammillaria cv. Fred Tuberculate Type: this is the tuberculated clone with spineles bumped stems only 1,5-2 cm in diameter. Crested stems will also occour.



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