Description
Mammillaria chionocephala (Cactaceae). Native to Mexico. The plants growth habit when young is to stay as a single body, but as it reaches maturity it is not unknown for the plant to start to clump up. The body of the plant when young is a globular shape but as it ages it becomes slightly taller than it is wide, approx. 4in. (10cm.), x 3in. (7.5cm.). The body has the tightly packed tubercles common to many Mammillaria and there is an abundance of white wool between the tubercles. Sowing : Sow seeds in summer. Locality : Ex Hort. Date of harvest : September 2013
