These are lovely, Gurucharanji, the small mauve-pink to deep red flowers sometimes look as if somebody stuck them on... but isn't it beautiful... they last a long time... as houseplants...
Usha di.... ========= On May 13, 10:06 am, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]> wrote: > *Mammillaria geminispina* Haw., Philos. Mag. J. 63: 42 42 1824. > > Plants with clustered stems up to 20 cm long and 8 cm thick covered with > white wool, with tubercles arranged in spirals with needle-shaped 16-20 > radial white spines up to 6 mm long and 2-4 central stouter brown-tipped up > to 4 cm long spines; flowers carmine, up to 2 cm long. > > Native of Central Maxico > Photographed from Cactus Garden, Panchkula on April 9, 2011 > > -- > Dr. Gurcharan Singh > Retired Associate Professor > SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007 > Res: 932 Anand Kunj, Vikas Puri, New Delhi-110018. > Phone: 011-25518297 Mob: 9810359089http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ > > Mammillaria-geminispina-Panchkula cactus gdn-1a.jpg > 630KViewDownload > > Mammillaria-geminispina-Panchkula cactus gdn-2.jpg > 426KViewDownload
