How to tend a Mammillaria elongata

Also known as: Krainzia elongata (DC.) Doweld, Leptocladodia elongata (DC.) Buxb., Mammillaria echinata DC., Mammillaria caespitosa (Engelm.) A.Gray, Mammillaria caespitosa Pfeiff., Neomammillaria subcrocea (DC.) Y.Itô, Cactus anguineus (Otto) Kuntze, Cactus densus (Link & Otto) Kuntze, Cactus elongatus (DC.) Kuntze, Cactus intertextus (DC.) Kuntze, Cactus minimus (Rchb.) Kuntze, Cactus pulvilliger Kuntze, Cactus rufocroceus (Salm-Dyck) Kuntze, Cactus stella-aurata (Mart.) Kuntze, Cactus subcroceus (DC.) Kuntze, Cactus subechinatus (Salm-Dyck) Kuntze, Cactus tenuis (DC.) Kuntze, Chilita elongata (DC.) Orcutt, Leptocladia elongata (DC.) Buxb., Neomammillaria elongata (DC.) Britton & Rose, Mammillaria anguineea Otto, Echinocactus densus Steud., Mammillaria anguinea Otto ex Salm-Dyck, Mammillaria densa Link & Otto, Mammillaria intertexta DC., Mammillaria minima Rchb., Mammillaria rufocrocea Salm-Dyck, Mammillaria stella-aurata Mart. ex Zucc., Mammillaria subcrocea DC., Mammillaria subechinata Salm-Dyck, Mammillaria tenuis DC., Mammillaria elongata f. echinata (DC.) Schelle, Mammillaria elongata f. rufocrocea (Salm-Dyck) Schelle, Mammillaria elongata f. stella-aurata (Mart. ex Zucc.) Schelle, Mammillaria elongata f. subcrocea (DC.) Schelle, Mammillaria elongata f. tenuis (DC.) Schelle, Mammillaria elongata var. anguinea K.Schum., Mammillaria elongata var. densa (Link & Otto) Schelle, Mammillaria elongata var. echinata (DC.) K.Schum., Mammillaria elongata var. erecta Schelle, Mammillaria elongata var. intertexta (DC.) Salm-Dyck, Mammillaria elongata var. minima Schelle, Mammillaria elongata var. obscuriora Heinrich ex Backeb., Mammillaria elongata var. rufescens Salm-Dyck, Mammillaria elongata var. rufocrocea (Salm-Dyck) K.Schum., Mammillaria elongata var. schmollii Borg, Mammillaria elongata var. stella-aurata (Mart. ex Zucc.) K.Schum., Mammillaria elongata var. subcrocea (DC.) Salm-Dyck, Mammillaria elongata var. subechinata (Salm-Dyck) Schelle, Mammillaria elongata var. tenuis (DC.) K.Schum., Mammillaria stella-aurata var. gracilispina Salm-Dyck, Mammillaria subcrocea var. echinata (DC.) Y.Itô, Mammillaria tenuis var. media DC., Neomammillaria subcrocea var. echinata (DC.) Y.Itô

Watering

Resistant to drought, water thoroughly when soil is dry, reduce water in summer and winter

Sunlight

Likes light, a short period of dormancy in summer and winter , put in places with bright scattered light

Soil

Peat and akadama mixed in 3:1 ratio

Fertilizer

Dilute fertilizers following instructions, apply once monthly in spring and 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, light yellow flowers
Flower colors
Leaf color green, covered by thin soft yellow spines
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