DOLICHOTHELE LONGIMAMMA
Author:
N. Lord Britton & Joseph N. Rose, 1923
Family:
CACTACEAE
Origin:
Elevation:
Publisher:
DC. (1828). In: Mem. Mus. Par. 17: 113.
Collection number:
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Thickness:
6 Centimetres
Height:
12 Centimetres
Propagate:
Seeds/Cuttings
CITES:
Synonyms:
Mammillaria longimamma, A. P. de Candolle, 1829 =
Cactus alpinus, Kuntze.
Cactus barlowii, Kuntze.
Cactus longimamma, Kuntze.
Cactus uberiformis, Kuntze.
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Dolichothele longimamma, Britton & Rose.
Dolichothele longimamma subsp. uberiformis, Krainz.
Dolichothele uberiformis, Britton & Rose.
Mammillaria alpina, Mart. ex Salm-Dyck.
Mammillaria barlowii, Regel & E.Klein
Mammillaria gigantothele, C.F.Först..
Mammillaria globosa, Linke.
Mammillaria hexacentra, Otto ex C.F.Först.
Mammillaria laeta, Meinsh. ex C.F.Först. & Rümpler.
Mammillaria longimamma var. congesta, Salm-Dyck
Mammillaria longimamma var. globosa, K.Schum.
Mammillaria longimamma var. hexacantha, O.Berg.
Mammillaria longimamma f. hexacentra, Schelle.
Mammillaria longimamma var. uberiformis, K.Schum.
Mammillaria uberiformis var. gracilior, Meinsh.
Mammillaria uberiformis var. hexacentra, Salm-Dyck
Neomammillaria longimamma, Fosberg.
Neomammillaria uberiformis, Fosberg.
This member of the Cactaceae family was given this name by Nathaniel Lord Britton & Joseph Nelson Rose in 1923. It is found from Metztitlan and Hidalgo, Mexico up to Texas. It grows in a well drained soil with some water and not much sun. Old plants form a caudex, which can grow to six centimetres in diameter, the whole plant to twelve centimetres. The flowers are yellow and the plant can be reproduced both by seeds and cuttings.
The name is derived from the Greek dolikos for 'long', and thele for 'nipple' or 'breast'. The species name means 'long mum' or 'long breast'.
Flower
Yellow
Soil
Mix
Water
Medium
Sun
Minimum