How to tend a Mammillaria geminispina

Also known as: Mammillaria recta Miq. ex Labour., Mammillaria leucocephala Pfeiff., Mammillaria splendens Ehrenb., Mammillaria toaldoae Lehm. ex Walp., Mammillaria bicolor Lehm., Mammillaria eburnea Miq., Mammillaria daedalea Scheidw., Neomammillaria bicolor (Lehm.) Y.Itô, Neomammillaria acanthoplegma (Lehm.) Y.Itô, Cactus bellatulus (C.F.Först.) Kuntze, Cactus columnaris Moc. & Sessé ex DC., Cactus dyckianus (Zucc.) Kuntze, Cactus elegans (DC.) Kuntze, Cactus geminispinus (Haw.) Kuntze, Cactus klugii (Ehrenb.) Kuntze, Cactus leucocentrus (Bergm.) Kuntze, Cactus meissneri Kuntze, Cactus nobilis (Pfeiff.) Kuntze, Neomammillaria geminispina (Haw.) Britton & Rose, Neomammillaria elegans (DC.) Britton & Rose, Cactus acanthophlegmus (Lehm.) Kuntze, Mammillaria acanthophlegma Lehm., Mammillaria bellatula C.F.Först., Mammillaria dyckiana Zucc. ex Pfeiff., Mammillaria elegans DC., Mammillaria klugii Ehrenb., Mammillaria nobilis Pfeiff., Mammillaria acanthophlegma var. abducta Monv. ex Labour., Mammillaria acanthophlegma var. decandollei Salm-Dyck, Mammillaria acanthophlegma var. elegans Monv. ex Labour., Mammillaria acanthophlegma var. leucocephala Monv. ex Labour., Mammillaria acanthophlegma var. monacantha Monv. ex Labour., Mammillaria albata var. longispina Repp., Mammillaria albata var. sanciro Repp., Mammillaria bicolor f. cristata (Salm-Dyck) Schelle, Mammillaria bicolor f. nobilis (Pfeiff.) Schelle, Mammillaria bicolor var. cristata Salm-Dyck, Mammillaria bicolor var. longispina Salm-Dyck, Mammillaria bicolor var. nobilis (Pfeiff.) C.F.Först., Mammillaria elegans var. aureispina Borg, Mammillaria elegans var. globosa DC., Mammillaria elegans var. klugei (Ehrenb.) Salm-Dyck, Mammillaria elegans var. micracantha Lem., Mammillaria elegans var. minor DC., Mammillaria elegans var. nigrispina Borg, Mammillaria geminispina var. brevispina (Hildm.) Backeb., Mammillaria geminispina var. monacantha Lem. & Monv., Mammillaria geminispina var. nobilis (Pfeiff.) Backeb., Mammillaria geminispina var. tetracantha Lem. & Monv., Mammillaria klugei Ehrenb., Mammillaria nivea var. brevispina Hildm., Mammillaria nivea var. daedalea (Scheidw.) Lem., Neomammillaria acanthophlegma (Lehm.) Y.Itô, Neomammillaria bicolor var. nivea Y.Itô, Neomammillaria neoelegans var. nigrispina (Borg) Y.Itô

Watering

Resistant to drought, water thoroughly when soil is dry, reduce watering in winter dormancy

Sunlight

Like sunshine, put in sunny places, shade properly under summer strong light

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
South America
Category
Cactaceae, Mammillaria
Size
Diameter ≥ 5 cm, height ≥ 3 cm
Blooming period
Succulent plants, sometimes flowers with a short period flowering time 2-3 days
Flower colors
Green, flower color light yellow, orange, pink
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