How to tend a Dolichothele longimamma
Also known as: Mammillaria laeta Meinsh. ex Rümpler, Mammillaria gigantothele C.F.Först., Mammillaria hexacentra Otto, Mammillaria globosa Linke, Neomammillaria uberiformis (Zucc. ex Pfeiff.) Fosberg, Neomammillaria longimamma (DC.) Fosberg, Cactus alpinus (Mart.) Kuntze, Cactus barlowii (Regel & Klein bis) Kuntze, Cactus longimamma (DC.) Kuntze, Cactus uberiformis (Zucc. ex Pfeiff.) Kuntze, Dolichothele longimamma (DC.) Britton & Rose, Dolichothele longimamma f. globosa (Linke) Krainz, Dolichothele uberiformis (Zucc. ex Pfeiff.) Britton & Rose, Mammillaria longimamma var. longimamma , Mammillaria uberiformis Zucc. ex Pfeiff., Mammillaria alpina Mart. ex Salm-Dyck, Mammillaria barlowii Regel & Klein bis, Mammillaria laeta Meinsh., Dolichothele longimamma f. gigantothele (Berg) Krainz, Dolichothele longimamma subsp. uberiformis (Zucc. ex Pfeiff.) Krainz, Mammillaria longimamma f. globosa (K.Schum.) Schelle, Mammillaria longimamma f. hexacentra (Otto) Schelle, Mammillaria longimamma f. uberiformis (Zucc. ex Pfeiff.) Schelle, Mammillaria longimamma var. congesta Salm-Dyck, Mammillaria longimamma var. gigantothele O.Berg ex C.F.Först., Mammillaria longimamma var. globosa K.Schum., Mammillaria longimamma var. hexacantha O.Berg, Mammillaria longimamma var. uberiformis (Zucc. ex Pfeiff.) K.Schum., Mammillaria uberiformis var. gracilior Meinsh., Mammillaria uberiformis var. hexacentra Salm-Dyck
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Resistant to drought, water thoroughly when soil is dry, reduce watering in winter dormancy
Sunlight
Likes strong light, put in sunny places, but also tolerates shade
Soil
Peat and akadama mixed in 3:1 ratio
Fertilizer
Dilute fertilizers following instructions, apply once monthly in spring to autumn
Pruning
Remove dead and rotten part timely
About this plant
- Origin
- Mexico
- Category
- Cactaceae, Mammillaria
- Size
- Diameter ⥠5 cm, height ⥠5 cm
- Blooming period
- Succulent plants, sometimes flowers with a short period flowering time 2-3 days
- Flower colors
- Green, flower color yellow
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