Mammillaria bocasanaPoselg .
Fishhooks , Powder Puff Cactus , Powder Puff Pincushion , Powderpuff Pincushion Cactus , Snowball Cactus ,
Cactus bocasanus , Chilita bocasana , Ebnerella bocasana , Krainzia bocasana , Neomammillaria bocasana
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Family : CactaceaeSubfamily : CactoideaeTribe : CacteaeSubtribe : CactinaeGenus : Mammillaria
Mammillaria bocasanais native toMexico(San Luis Potosi , Zacatecas ) .
Mammillaria bocasanais a minuscule , clunk - forming cactus with gloomy - green , spherical to cylindrical stems breed with cylindrical nodule tip with dense cluster of spines . The stem can spring up up to 4.8 inches ( 12 cm ) improbable and 3.2 in ( 8 atomic number 96 ) in diameter . Each areole bears numerous white , hairsbreadth - like radial spines measuring up to 0.8 inches ( 2 curium ) long and 1 to 7 ( one , occasionally two hooked ) carmine - dark-brown primal spines measuring up to 0.4 in ( 1 cm ) long .
Photo byFrank Vincentz
The flowers are funnel - shaped and can reach up to 1 in ( 2.5 cm ) in distance and 0.6 inches ( 1.5 cm ) in diameter . They can be creamy - blanched , creamy - yellow , or pinkish and seem in springiness and summer . The fruit are rose-colored - pinko to carmine , cylindrical , and can grow up to 1 inch ( 2.5 atomic number 96 ) long .
USDA hardiness zones9b to 11b : from 25 ° F ( −3.9 ° C ) to 50 ° F ( +10 ° C ) .
This cactus is only suitable for outdoor life history inUSDA industrial plant hardiness zones9b to 11b . In most zones , only indoor potted Powder Puff Cactus is an choice for nurseryman .
Photo byArmen Tsirunyan
Powder Puff Cactus needs plenty of sunlight and fond temperature . It is happy as long as temperature are between 70 and 80 ° F ( 21 to 27 ° one C ) and there are at least 8 hours of sunlight . During the wintertime , it becomes dormant and can be kept in a wry , nerveless star sign way . Exposure to temperatures between 60 and 65 ° F ( 16 and 18 ° C ) help encourage anthesis in spring . Move Powder Puff Cactus outside in summertime .
Thepotting soilneeds to be porous so it can run out well . leave the soil to become nearly teetotal betweenwaterings , but then water good . Never let the commode ride in the weewee . Suspend watering in the winter , but mist now and again .
feed Powder Puff Cactus in spring with a 5 - 10 - 5 liquid fertilizer . In summer , continue feeding the potted plant every calendar month . Suspend plant food in fall and winter when the plant is abeyant .
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Learn more atHow to arise and Care for a Powder Puff Cactus ( Mammillaria bocasana ) .
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