Mammillaria carmenae f. variegata

The variegated shape of this cactus has the typical yellow areas in the exact points where chlorophyll is absent: these characteristics will never be the same from one plant to another, therefore each specimen will be absolutely unique and, for this reason, highly sought after by collectors. This cactacea is also known as “Carmen pincushion cactus” ,it is a small globose cactacea. Its green stem is completely covered with small, soft and woolly thorns. On its conical tubercles, more than one hundred very thin light yellow thorns are formed and arranged in the shape of a star. It generates numerous flowers arranged in a corolla on the apex, usually of a cream color with pleasant pink shades.