Photo 1.

First of all, this plant (Pic. 1) has no species name. But if you think this is a photo collate you are mistaken. This plant has appeared as little ugly seedling among other seedlings of Mammillaria candida in 1995. Under this name the unsightly grafting spent half a year in the far corner of my collection without any special attention. It looked like a usual monstrose. By the end of the summer it suddenly produced a yellow shoot but nevertheless was neglected. A lot of cacti in our collections turn red or yellow during summer time but come back to normal colour in autumn.

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