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Family:
Cactaceae
(Cactus
Family)
Scientific name:
Mammillaria heyderi ssp gaumerisubsp. gaumeri
(Britton & Rose) D. R. Hunt 1997
Published in : Mammillaria Postscripts 6:10. 1997
Conservation status: Listed in
CITES appendix 2.
Origin: Yucatan, Mexico. Almost Endemic of Savana Chichulu
and perhaps in the nearest forests of Yucatán and Quintana Roo (under
different climate) Altitude just above sea level to 8-25 m.
Habitat: This is a rare species that would delight any naturalist,
it grows in full sun or under shrub canopy half-hidden in the dunes sand
of the beachfront land in the amazing transition zone between the
mangroves - where saltwater occasionally floods in the almost-flat land
- and the scrubby, spiny, arid-land with succulent plants typical of
inland northern Yucatan.
Cultivation:
This is an easy to grow species, don't requires any special treatment,
but need as much light as possible without burning the plant to
encourage the heaviest spine formation. Needs a very good drainage with
regular water in summer, dry in winter. Avoid any frost.
Propagation: Seeds, offsets (Allow cut surface
to callous over before planting)
Photo of conspecific taxa, varieties, forms and
cultivars of Mammillaria heyderi.
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