Mammillaria bicolor nobilis houseplant With its vibrant red stems

With its vibrant red stems and unique branching pattern

After letting it dry for a day

This plant has its origin in Mexico and belongs to the Cactaceae family

For fertilizer

but it generally prefers drier conditions

Mammillaria bicolor nobilis houseplant With its vibrant red stemsMammillaria bicolor nobilis Mammillaria geminispina will eventually grow into a large plant form 30 to 90 cm large with many broad stiff stems. The var. nobilis is one of the finest species in the genus distinguished by fewer but longer central spines that are of the same lenght. Flowers: Campanulate, pinkish to carmine red, with darker midveins, to 20 mm long and in diameter usually in a ring in the growth of the previous year but sometime more