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Mammillaria spp.
"pincushion cactus" or "fish hook cactus"
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Interesting behavior as an opportunistic 'carnivore' is exhibited by Mammillaria grahamii in the catching of this bat. The incidence of this nature of fertilizer acquisition is common enough to earn it the folk name of "lizard catcher".
Mammillaria growing with L. williamsii population in the Real de Catorce, SLP.
This is probably a form of magnimamma but could be compressa (ssp. centralifera?) as both species have forms that can exhibit these long curved spines). The shape of the tubercles suggest the first of the two.
Mammillaria growing with an L. diffusa population in southern Queretaro.
This is most likely compressa ssp. compressa.
Mammillaria (probably heyderii) growing with L. williamsii population at El Huizache, SLP.
Mammillaria growing with an L. diffusa population in Queretaro.
Mammillaria growing with an L. koehresii population in Tamaulipas.
This is probably a form of magnimamma.
Mammillaria growing with an L. diffusa population in southern Queretaro.
The one on the left is maybe a dixanthocentron but details are not sharp enough for certainty as two other Mexican species look sort of similar.
Mammillaria growing with an L. williamsii population in Nuevo Leon.
Might possibly be a sanchez-mejorada but the details are not sharp enough for me to tell.
Mammillaria lasiacantha growing with an L. williamsii var. echinata population in West Texas.
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