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Plant ID
GD-CAC-012-0055
Scientific Name: Mammillaria geminispina Haw.
Family: Cactaceae
Genus: Mammillaria
Species: Mammillaria geminispina
Specimen: A
Library Record Name: Mammillaria geminispina — Specimen A
Common Name(s)
Twin-Spined Cactus
Whitey
Plant Photograph
Figure 1. Mammillaria geminispina — Specimen A
Identification: Mammillaria geminispina Haw.
Photo Caption:
A densely clustering Mammillaria geminispina displaying numerous green cylindrical stems densely covered with fine white spines and woolly areolar axils. The specimen is shown in flower, with a large pink bloom emerging from the upper portion of the central stem.
Photography: John Niño G. Ewa (@_____.5am)
Plant Description
This specimen forms a dense, multi-headed cluster of short cylindrical stems. The green stems are heavily clothed in fine, pale spines, giving the plant an overall silvery appearance.
The photographed specimen is particularly notable for its vigorous clustering habit and prominent pink flower. The combination of densely packed cylindrical heads, white spination, and woolly areas between the tubercles provides the principal features supporting its identification as Mammillaria geminispina.
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