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Mammillaria bicolor var. nobilis (Pfeiff.) C.F.Först.
Handb. Cacteenk. [Förster] 198. 1846
Family: CACTACEAE

= Mammillaria geminispina var. nobilis (Pfeiff.) Backeb.
Cactaceae (Backeberg) 5: 3185. 1961 Backeb.

Accepted Scientific Name: Mammillaria geminispina Haw.
Philos. Mag. Ann. Chem. . lxiii. (1824) 42. ( Replaced synonym of: Neomammillaria neoelegans Y.Itô 1981 )

Mammillaria bicolor var. nobilis (Mammillaria geminispina var. nobilis) Photo by: Valentino Vallicelli
This plant is easily recognized for its long white spines that cover the new growth, flowers are carmine in late spring and sometime in autumn too. This Mammillaria gets only better looking with age. It will continue to put on more and more heads, as well as more white cotton topping. The heads form mounds that seem stacked on top of each other.

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Accepted name in llifle Database:
Mammillaria geminispina Haw.
Philos. Mag. Ann. Chem. . lxiii. (1824) 42. ( Replaced synonym of: Neomammillaria neoelegans Y.Itô 1981 )
Synonymy: 17 Accepted name in llifle Database:
Mammillaria geminispina subs. leucocentra (A.Berg) D.R.Hunt
Mammillaria Postscripts 6: 10 (1997)
Synonymy: 8 Accepted name in llifle Database:
Mammillaria geminispina var. nobilis f. cristata

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Common Names include:
ENGLISH: Whitey, Twin Spined Cactus, White Cactus
SPANISH (Español): Cabeza blanca

Subspecies, varieties, forms and cultivars of plants belonging to the Mammillaria geminispina group


4831 valentino Valentino Vallicelli
Mammillaria bicolor var. nobilis (Mammillaria geminispina var. nobilis) Photo by: Valentino Vallicelli
26069 paolo Paolo Di Varena
Mammillaria bicolor var. nobilis (Mammillaria geminispina var. nobilis) Photo by: Paolo Di Varena

18411 valentino Valentino Vallicelli
Mammillaria bicolor var. nobilis (Mammillaria geminispina var. nobilis) Photo by: Valentino Vallicelli
9910 valentino Valentino Vallicelli
Mammillaria bicolor var. nobilis (Mammillaria geminispina var. nobilis) Photo by: Valentino Vallicelli

5953 valentino Valentino Vallicelli
Mammillaria bicolor var. nobilis (Mammillaria geminispina var. nobilis) Photo by: Valentino Vallicelli
8659 valentino Valentino Vallicelli
Mammillaria bicolor var. nobilis (Mammillaria geminispina var. nobilis) Photo by: Valentino Vallicelli

4833 cactus-art Cactus Art
Mammillaria bicolor var. nobilis (Mammillaria geminispina var. nobilis) Photo by: Cactus Art
4832 cactus-art Cactus Art
Mammillaria bicolor var. nobilis (Mammillaria geminispina var. nobilis) Photo by: Cactus Art


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