Mummily is among the most numerous.Cactus genus, numbering about 500 species. Their homeland are the desert zones of South Africa, where there is a lot of heat and sun. Among them are very unpretentious and species that require special care. Mammilyaria cactus differs from other cacti by the presence of papillae on the stems from which its spines grow. Flowers appear in the sinuses between the nipples.
Plants love fresh air and direct sunnylight, so it is desirable in the summer to place them in the garden or on the balcony. In winter, the temperature of their content should not be lower than 10 ° C (and for pubescent species, not lower than 15 ° C), and watering is very limited once a month. With the onset of spring, watering is gradually increased, in the summer it is maximized. Mammilyaria cactus tolerates low humidity of the air, but at the same time it likes spraying (from a very small spray gun).
Pots for cacti need to choose not deep,but wide, which allows numerous children to take root right there, next to the mother plant and which are then transplanted into a separate container. Young plants are transplanted annually, and old - usually after a year. The soil for transplanting is prepared from equal parts of sand, leaf, peat and sod land and add brick chips.
Mammilyaria Cactus well reproduced by children, but in order to avoid premature degeneration of the plant, it is desirable to periodically apply the multiplication of seeds.
The most common types of mammillaria in indoor floriculture are:
Mammilyaria Wilda - with a thick elongated stem,thick papillae. The cactus forks heavily because of the many babies that form, which themselves do not fall away. It blooms in large white flowers and in almost any conditions.
Mammilyaria dlinnososochkovaya - blooms unusually beautiful large yellow flowers. Does not require special care.
Mammilyaria fragile (slim) - a plant witha rather long, thin stalk, the tubercles of the tubercles abundantly covered with white spines. Numerous baby shoots fall off by themselves and are easily rooted near the mother plant. Cactus blooms only under favorable conditions, white small flowers.
Mammilyariya Zeylmana - has a cylindrical low stem with characteristic curved spines. The flowers are white or intense pink.
Mammillaria cactus is highly susceptible to damage by the red tick. You can fight it by wiping the plant with a swab slightly moistened with alcohol.
Peyote cactus (differently - Williams Lophophore)ranked as the most interesting and amazing cacti. His homeland is the USA and Mexico. The Indians of America used this cactus for ritual purposes for thousands of years. The plant causes the strongest hallucinations. Even before the conquerors came to Mexico, the locals knew about its narcotic effects. He attributed supernatural properties and argued that people who ate peyote, can look into the future and predict it. In the United States, the lophophore of Williams was banned in 1970.
Peyote can be attributed to the hardiest offamous cacti. It is rather wide than tall. The root is thick, repiform, 10-15 cm in length. The stem is resilient, soft, spherical, gray-green in color, consists of edges, which can be from 5 to 15. The edges of cacti of some forms can break up into mounds, with bunches of hairs merging on top into a thick woolly coat of grayish or yellowish white. From it, during the entire growing season, flowers grow light purple in color, with a dark stripe in the middle.
Cactus parody from the cactus family, distributed in Brazil and Bolivia and hasup to 160 species. A feature of this cactus is that its crown is always tilted in the sunny direction. Plants prefer bright sunlight and moderate (21-22 ° C) temperature. During the rest period, in winter, the temperature should be 11-13 ° C. Precocrano tolerates dry air. Well propagated by seeds. In spring and summer, special fertilizers intended for cacti should be applied. Parodies are extremely sensitive to water quality, so it is recommended to use filtered or at least separated water.
