Mammillaria ernestii f. variegated

The variegated shape of this cactaceae presents the typical yellow zones in the exact points where the chlorophyll is absent; such zones will never be identical from one plant to another, thus making each exemplar absolutely unique and, for this reason, very sought after by collectors. It is a small cactus with a globose shape that, with time, can become columnar and, growing, sometimes tends to light up in a sort of thorny pillow with multiple heads. The stem, of a beautiful emerald green, has numerous conical tubercles equipped with woolly areoles. From the latter come out thin and rigid thorns, whose color varies from white to amber yellow. During the flowering period the plant is crowned with multiple flowers with bright colors on the notes of a purple-fuchsia.