There has been a bit of talk, mostly from lewis, about the Mammillaria Leuthyi. I personally love the plant and thought I would share another mamm that is quite striking. I must admit I didn't care for mamms all that much before I got this plant See below for a pic of my Mammillaria Theresae.

Very cool mini Mamm.
Now you need a M.saboae!!
and no i am not posting a pic of my grafted saboae coz the darn spider mites had fun with it

Thats awsome HN! It looks so "un cacti like" more like some form of succulent.
Is it variegated, or just the new growth?

Hey Lewis, I had a spider mite infestation early in last years groeing season. They can be difficult to deal with and will do some serious damage to your plants. I posted a pic of one of my Lophs in another thread that was badly attacked. It takes a while for the damage to be repaired.

I don't believe it is variegated. It was grafted about 5 months ago and as with most cacti they will go all sorts of crazy colours for the first few months of a graft. Fingers crossed

Cool...............I love it

was it a seedling when you grafted it hn?
looks awesome

No not a seedling sacred pedro these mamms grow really slow, I took a cutting from another plant.

Spider mites... daily mist spray with water they hate it. next spring i'll push my grafted saboae on hylocereus really hard to try outgrow the damage asap. looks horrible at the moment. pity.. saboae is a real treat.

I have seen theresae growing on their own roots without too much diffculty.

The cutting I took was from a plant on its own roots (8years), looked fairly healthy but was growing really slow. I think it was due to the owner being scared to water it due to root rot.

I have two forms of Mammillaria theresae.

normal form, started from a tubercle grafting and degrafted later, own root currently

theresae f MZ364, started from seed, grafted seedling
flower color is different from normal one.

tubercle grafting of theresae is possible as same as luethyi. If you have a plant, you can make numbers as you like.

WOW, Great plants Hanazono. I really like your collection.

Do you think mine is the short spined form ? or is it because it's grafted and as such has reduced spination or....because it is still a very young cutting ?

HN

Hellonasty

I think your plant is a normal form of theresae and normal spined.
Since the plant is grafed and growing well, the shape looks shown in your photo.
My plants were similar shape during growing season.

Hanazono

nice plant! realy i like it a lot!
the color are the result of grafting in a singolar way!
in abitat the spine cover the entire body so the plants have no problem with sun, it lives in a very dry climate but wen you graft it it recive a lot of wather and it pump up and open the tubercle so the sun give it this nice colour!
i'm looking for saboae to but have seeds of this tipe of mamm is alittle triki because it holds it seeds inside the body for long time before to relase it on the ground.
have fun
Emanuele