Description
Mammillaria Knebeliana, Neomammillaria Bocasana, covered with clusters of silky white hairs, with each cluster surrounding a yellow-to-red hooked spine. The spines are used to make fishhooks in Mexico. Flower: Funnel-form, creamy-white Origin & Habitat: Northern central Mexico, especially in San Luis Potosi Zacatecas & Queretaro states, Mexico. Type locality: Sierra de Bocas. Altitude: 1650 - 2300 metres above sea level. Habitat: It grows among volcanic rock on canyon walls & at at the foot of a hill in semi-desert. This species is often found under bushes in association with other plant species, including Thelocactus hexaedrophorus, Mammillaria formosa, Ferocactus histrix, Echinocereus pectinatus, Echinocereus cinerascens, Myrtillocactus geometrizans, Agave salmiana, Coryphantha platanita, Echinofossulocactus dichroacanthus & Dasylirion acrotrichum. Large subpopulations are found over a relatively large area & current levels of decline are relatively small. 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 Common Name: Powder Puff Cactus, Powder Puff Pincushion Description: Mammillaria bocasana (Syn: Neomammillaria bocasana) is a clumping cactus, often forming large mounds. It is commonly called the "Powder Puff Cactus", because of its appearance like a cotton ball as the small round plant is covered with silky white hairs. It is quite variable with a lot of different varieties & forms available in cultivation. Generations of cactophiles have had this plant as one of their first acquisitions & few can have been disappointed by its easy cultivation & free-flowering habit. Mammillaria Knebeliana, Neomammillaria Bocasana, Silky White Hairs, Cluster Surrounding A Hooked Spine. Flower Funnel-Form, Creamy-White
