Mammillaria bocasana cv. multilanata f. cristata

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Mammillaria bocasana cv. multilanata f. cristata

Family: CACTACEAE

Mammillaria bocasana cv. multilanata f. cristata Photo by: Valentino Vallicelli
This plant has long white furry hairs and very few (if not any) central hooked spines.

Origin and Habitat: Garden origin (Nursery produced cultivar)

Synonyms:

Mammillaria bocasana cv. multilanata f. cristata

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Accepted name in llifle Database:
Mammillaria bocasana Poselg.
Allg. Gartenzeitung (Otto & Dietrich) 21: 94. 1853
Synonymy: 13

Mammillaria bocasana Poselg.

Cactus bocasanus (Poselg.) J.M.Coult.
Chilita bocasana (Poselg.) Orcutt
Ebnerella bocasana (Poselg.) Buxb.
Krainzia bocasana (Poselg.) Doweld
Neomammillaria bocasana (Poselg.) Britton & Rose

Mammillaria haehneliana Boed.

Chilita haehneliana (Boed.) Buxb.
Ebnerella haehneliana (Boed.) Buxb.

Mammillaria seideliana Quehl

Chilita seideliana (Quehl) Orcutt
Ebnerella seideliana (Quehl) Buxb.
Neomammillaria seideliana (Quehl) Britton & Rose

Accepted name in llifle Database:
Mammillaria bocasana subs. eschauzieri (J.M.Coult.) W.A.Fitz Maur. & B.Fitz Maur.
J. Mammillaria Soc. 35(2): 17 (1995) (also spelled: "eschanzieri" or "eschausieri")
Synonymy: 27

Mammillaria bocasana subs. eschauzieri (J.M.Coult.) W.A.Fitz Maur. & B.Fitz Maur.

Cactus eschauzieri J.M.Coult.
Chilita eschanzieri (J.M.Coult.) Orcutt
Krainzia bocasana subs. eschauzieri (J.M.Coult.) Doweld
Mammillaria eschauzieri (J.M.Coult.) R.T.Craig
Neomammillaria eschauzieri (J.M.Coult.) Britton & Rose

Mammillaria bocasana f. hirsuta Boed.

Chilita hirsuta (Boed.) Orcutt
Mammillaria hirsuta Boed.
Neomammillaria hirsuta (Boed.) Britton & Rose

Mammillaria bocasana var. kunzeana (Boed. & Quehl) Quehl

Chilita kunzeana (Boed. & Quehl) Orcutt
Ebnerella kunzeana (Boed. & Quehl) Buxb.
Mammillaria kunzeana Boed. & Quehl
Neomammillaria kunzeana (Boed. & Quehl) Britton & Rose

Mammillaria hirsuta var. grandis Repp.
Mammillaria knebeliana Boed.

Chilita knebeliana (Boed.) Buxb.
Ebnerella knebeliana (Boed.) Buxb.

Mammillaria longicoma (Britton & Rose) A.Berger

Chilita longicoma (Britton & Rose) Orcutt
Ebnerella longicoma (Britton & Rose) Buxb.
Neomammillaria longicoma Britton & Rose

Mammillaria longicoma var. flavispina. Y.Itô

Neomammillaria longicoma var. flavispina (Y.Itô) Y.Itô

Mammillaria longicoma var. multiflora. Y.Itô

Neomammillaria longicoma var. multiflora (Y.Itô) Y.Itô

Cultivars (6):

Mammillaria bocasana cv. multilanata

Mammillaria bocasana var. multilanata hort.

Mammillaria bocasana cv. roseiflora

Mammillaria bocasana f. roseiflora hort.

Mammillaria bocasana cv. splendens

Mammillaria bocasana f. multilanata splendens hort.

Mammillaria bocasana cv. splendens f. cristata

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Common Names include:
ENGLISH: Powder Puff Cactus, Fishhooks, Powderpuff Cactus, Snowball Cactus

Description: Blue-green stems with white woolly hairy spines
Spines: Radials 50-100, white, hairlike, 8 - 20 mm long, with very few short hooked centrals , reddish brown, 5 - 10 mm long.

Subspecies, varieties, forms and cultivars of plants belonging to the Mammillaria bocasana group

Mammillaria bocasana Poselg.: has 30-50 radial spines and red fruits. Distribution: San Luis Potosi.
Mammillaria bocasana subs. eschauzieri (J.M.Coult.) W.A.Fitz Maur. & B.Fitz Maur.: has 20-30 radial spines and pink fruits. Distribution: San Luis Potosi and Zacatecas.
Mammillaria bocasana f. hirsuta Boed.: same as: Mammillaria bocasana subs. eschauzieri
Mammillaria bocasana var. kunzeana (Boed. & Quehl) Quehl
Mammillaria bocasana cv. multilanata: has an extreme abundance of white wool-hairs and yellow flowers.
Mammillaria bocasana cv. multilanata f. cristata: has very wooly crested stems. Garden origin.
Mammillaria bocasana cv. roseiflora: has bright pink blooms.
Mammillaria bocasana cv. splendens: similar to cv. multilanata but with an extreme abundance of short white woolly hairs and very short hooked central spines.
Mammillaria bocasana cv. splendens f. cristata: crested form, completely covered by short white woolly hairs and very short hooked central spines.
Mammillaria knebeliana Boed.: it is very similar (if not the same) to Mammillaria bocasana subs. eschauzieri . Ahualulco to Tinaja, and adjacent areas, San Luis Potosí.

Bibliography: Major references and further lectures.
1) Robert T. Craig “The Mammillaria handbook: with descriptions, illustrations, and key to the species of the genus Mammillaria of the Cactaceae” E P Publishing, 1945
2) John Pilbeam “Mammillaria The Cactus File Handbook” Cirio Pub. Services, 01/Dec/1999
3) Edward Anderson “The Cactus family” Timber Press, Incorporated, 2001
4) James Cullen, Sabina G. Knees, H. Suzanne Cubey "The European Garden Flora Flowering Plants: A Manual for the Identification of Plants Cultivated in Europe, Both Out-of-Doors and Under Glass" Cambridge University Press, 11/Aug/2011
5) David R Hunt; Nigel P Taylor; Graham Charles; International Cactaceae Systematics Group. "The New Cactus Lexicon" dh books, 2006
6) Clive Innes, Charles Glass “Cacti” Portland House, 01/May/1991
7) N. L. Britton, J. N. Rose “The Cactaceae. Descriptions and Illustrations of Plants of the Cactus Family.” Volume 4, The Carnegie Institution of Washington, Washington 1923
8) Gurcharan Singh Randhawa, Amitabha Mukhopadhyay “Floriculture in India” Allied Publishers, 01/Jan/1986
9) Anne Swithinbank “The Greenhouse Gardener” frances lincoln ltd, 2006

Mammillaria bocasana cv. multilanata f. cristata Photo by: Cactus Art

Mammillaria bocasana cv. multilanata f. cristata Photo by: Valentino Vallicelli

Cultivation and Propagation: It is a rapid growing crest that does very well on its own roots. Water regularly in summer, but do not overwater (very rot prone) Use pot with good drainage and a very porous potting media, keep dry in winter. Feed with a high potassium fertilizer in summer. It is quite frost resistant if kept dry, hardy as low as -5° C. Outside full sun or afternoon shade; inside it needs bright light, and some direct sun. A big clump can be produced in a very few years.
Propagation: Division of larger clumps in spring or summer.

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