Mammillaria rekoi leptacantha

Short-columnar Mexican cactus to 20cm high. Small pink flowers around top of plant (sometimes forming a ring), spring to summer. Best kept in very bright light indoors away from curtains (spines get tangled). Easy.

5.Indoors OK, Outdoors not OK.

Old plant putting on a great show.

Close-up showing spines are hooked but not viciously so.

Mammillaria rekoi leptacantha

Short-columnar Mexican cactus to 20cm high. Small pink flowers around top of plant (sometimes forming a ring), spring to summer. Best kept in very bright light indoors away from curtains (spines get tangled). Easy.

5.Indoors OK, Outdoors not OK.

Old plant putting on a great show.

Close-up showing spines are hooked but not viciously so.