Mammillaria dixanthocentron houseplant The genus name "gymnocalycium" comes

The genus name "gymnocalycium" comes from the Greek for "naked calyx" referring to the flower buds

Native to Tropical Africa and the Arabian Peninsula

creating a beautiful vertical display

as most species grow slowly and take a long time to outgrow their pot

Mammillaria dixanthocentron houseplant The genus name "gymnocalycium" comesMammillaria dixanthocentron is a robust cylindrical cactus species, up to 30 cm high with two long, yellow, central spines. This Mammillaria with its lovely spination makes a wonderful feature plant. Habit: Plants mostly solitary un branched or occasionally forking dichotomously at maturity. Some of the information in this description has been found at desert tropicals. com, llifle. com and cactus art. biz