Mammillaria hahniana
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Mammillaria hahniana
I grew these from Mesa Garden seed a couple of years ago, now it is time to pot on. However none of them looks hairy! Is that normal at this age?
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Re: Mammillaria hahniana
Hahniana does vary in "hairyness" and you may have seed from a less hairy specimen. See what happens over the next couple of years when they are growing on their own.
Rod Smith
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Re: Mammillaria hahniana
They came with collection number ML496 and described as 'woolly stem' in the seed list so I am hoping they will turn out to be a nice hairy form...I guess time will tell.
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Re: Mammillaria hahniana
This was my Hahniana in 1984, at 9 years old. I grew it from seed and, although it's a long time ago, I'm pretty sure it wasn't this hairy when small. I think patience is the name of the game. Good luck.
Rod Smith
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Re: Mammillaria hahniana
The plants of M. hahniana are quite variable in the degree of hairiness, and some forms, such as ssp. woodsii will never have a mass of hairs though it is a very nice species in its own right, having stronger darker spines and axils with a lot of wool and some hairy bristles, though these vary in number and length, and generally will increase as the plant ages. I'm not surprised that your seedlings are not yet showing this.
According to one source I have ML496 is ssp. woodsii though there are other sources which don't use the subspecies name of ML496. To look at some photos of both habitat plants and plants in collection, of hahniana and hahniana ssp. woodsii look at Mammillaria Forum
According to one source I have ML496 is ssp. woodsii though there are other sources which don't use the subspecies name of ML496. To look at some photos of both habitat plants and plants in collection, of hahniana and hahniana ssp. woodsii look at Mammillaria Forum
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Re: Mammillaria hahniana
Thanks, I guess it wont be a long haired one then, but as you say still a very attractive plant
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Re: Mammillaria hahniana
I agree that they look like the seedlings of woodsii that I have grown in the past.
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Re: Mammillaria hahniana
Yes definitely, I do find they get slightly more fuzzy when exposed to brighter conditions.
Henry,
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Re: Mammillaria hahniana
A nice little nest of baby ones
An interesting topic, caused me to have a closer look at mine and I see a have big hairy one, a little not very hairy one and an inbetween one.
I had assumed it was a plant with offsets, I had not thought about it much but on closer inspection I think it might be 4 individuals.
This is what it looked like 2 months ago.