Mammillaria melanocentra vibrant magenta Also known as road kill

Also known as road kill cactus

sever pads from a plant and let them dry so that the wounds heal

Good drainage is essential

Each stem has a solitary flower that is tiny and whitish-green in color

Tubercles: in 8 and 13 spirals

Mammillaria melanocentra vibrant magenta Also known as road killMammillaria melanocentra is a short, stocky and glaucous perennial cactus species with large tubercles. Each head is surrounded by a complete ring of star like dark pink flowers. It originates in Northern Mexico (Coahuila, Durango, Nuevo Leon, and Tamaulipas, Mexico). Stem: Depressed spherical, to short cylindric and rather flattened at the top, up to to 16 cm high and 10 12( 15) cm in diameter, glaucous green. Tubercles: in 8 and 13 spirals, firm,