Mammillaria crucigera STONE Beatrix Potter

Beatrix Potter

From the Northern Cape of South Africa

"A species at war with itself is doomed

a succulent whose baneful sap is used by hunters to fell large game in Angola

as well as the emperors Augustus and Claudius of Rome

Mammillaria crucigera STONE Beatrix Potter*MULTIPLE PLANTS AVAILABLE. YOU WILL RECEIVE A SIMILAR PLANT IN SIZE AND AGE AS THE ONE SHOWN* Mammillaria crucigera thrives on vertical cliff edges, taking hold in the clefts and crevasses of the rock, in pure gypsum. Its habitat is fragile and specialized, growing on easily eroded cliffs that lead to high mortality rates and a continuing decline in population. As it matures it almost always forks into dichotomous heads, a trait performed uncommonly