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Mammillaria polythele

Mammillaria polythele

Photo by AlexKonig
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50.8659, 6.07055

Field Notes

Description:

5 cm wide and 4-5 cm tall. the spikes are 0,5-1 cm long --> and the flower goes open at day and will be closed at night. the open/close action will be done in 1 hour

Notes:

the first 2 pics are in the morning(open) ,the last 3 are from evening (closing).NEW PICTURES - BETTER QUALITY

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Comments (8)

first i thought i had found the right one, but with one other picture from "related spottings" i get doubts. could this be a mammillaria toluca ??? anyone here who knows about cactus ?
Second picture very much sharp...!!
yes through it i have found the genus mammillaria but i was busy to set the id. before you saw that (suspect i !) :)
Referred specie and your spotting are in same Genus.
yes, your info was helpful, i just wanted to write a message : "i'm not sure" but i looked a last time and this time i was going the right direction. thanks ashish
Check carefully... http://www.cactusjungle.com/blog/category/news/page/8/
http://www.cactuspedia.info/schede/THELOCACTUS/Thelocactus_rinconensis/Thelocactus_rinconensis_freudenbergeri/Thelocactus_rinconensis_freudenbergeri.htm
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PublishedSeptember 17, 2011

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