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Old 04-12-2009, 01:37 AM
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Got this recently from Nursery with no identifications... nice plant, but no idea what species it is.
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Old 04-12-2009, 01:46 AM
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Very cool.
How about Mammillaria Melanocentra as a guess?
http://www.tucson-gardener.com/graph...ocentra004.jpg
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Old 04-12-2009, 11:54 AM
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I would say M. melanocentra v. melanocentra also.

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I think you are right... here it is blooms open
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