Mammillaria mix / P 5,5

5.5cm pot

The mammillaria genus features various cactus plants covered in cushion-like areoles or central spines and crowns of colorful blooms. Read on to learn all about mammillarias and how to grow these popular and visually appealing succulent plants.

What Is Mammillaria?

Mammillaria is a genus of flowering cactus (Cactaceae) and a popular houseplant. The rounded cactus is covered in small tubercles that sprout short fine needles. (The plants name comes from the Latin word for nipple after the shape of these tubercles.) Cone-shaped pink flowers bloom from the top of the cactus in a crown arrangement.

Native to warm areas like Mexico and the Caribbean, there are over 300 species of mammillaria cactus. Other common names for mammillaria include pincushion cactus and nipple cactus.