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January 2022 - GOTM - Mammillaria (Cochemia)

January 2017 - Genus of the Month - Lepismium
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January 2022 - GOTM - Mammillaria (Cochemia)

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Let's see if there is any other comment to this month's POTM!

It's good to see Mammillaria mazatlanensis as POTM, I find it an attractive species.
My own plant at times may produce either straight or hooked centrals.

It recently spent a few years over-wintering in a cold frame, which it survived but didn't seem to enjoy.
I'm treating it better this winter and hoping to persuade it to grow and flowering with more enthusiasm this year.
I don't have any other Cochemia species, but is seems straightforward to grow, so a good starting point for the (sub)genus.
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Phil Crewe, BCSS 38143. Mostly S. American cacti, esp. Lobivia, Sulcorebutia and little Opuntia
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Is GOTM not going any more?
You can take the boy out of the greenhouse, but you can't take the greenhouse out of the boy!
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Yes - in the sense that the Society has one every month on https://bcss.org.uk/ it'll be in one of the 'featured' tiles. However, I haven't, and nobody else has, started threads in this section each month. There's nothing to stop anybody doing so if they've anything to say about a genus. I can't say much about this month's topic, Marlothistella, though!
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Re: January 2022 - GOTM - Mammillaria (Cochemia)

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Ah I didn't realise it was tied to the main site. I'm not a member so I just use the forum
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