Mammillaria dixanthocentron houseplant Member of the family known

Member of the family known as Prickly Pear

In their natural habitat

Opuntia gumbi

During the summer dormancy

let it dry for a few days to form a callus

Mammillaria dixanthocentron houseplant Member of the family knownMammillaria dixanthocentron is a robust cylindrical cactus species, up to 30 cm high with two long, yellow, central spines. This Mammillaria with its lovely spination makes a wonderful feature plant. Habit: Plants mostly solitary un branched or occasionally forking dichotomously at maturity. Some of the information in this description has been found at desert tropicals. com, llifle. com and cactus art. biz