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Mammillaria matudae
Worm Cactus · Thumb Cactus
Tier 2 Difficulty: easy Water: low Light: full_sun
Temperature
20–37 °C
Soil pH
6–7
Hardiness
Zone 9–11
Click count
84
Observations
111
Description
Source: wikipedia (CC BY-SA)Mammillaria matudae, commonly known as the thumb cactus, is a species of cactus from Mexico. It was named after the botanist Eizi Matuda.
Care Guide
💧 Water
☀️ Light Full sun
Ideal: Full sun
🌡️ Temperature 20–37.8°C
Ideal temperature: 20–37.8°C
💨 Humidity
Humidity:
🪴 Soil 6-7
Soil pH: 6-7
🌱 Fertilizer
🪴 Pot & Repot
✂️ Pruning
🌿 Propagating
🐛 Diseases & pets
☠️ Toxicity
Characteristics
- Plant Type
- Succulent
- Life Cycle
- Perennial
- Genus
- Mammillaria
- Family
- Cactaceae
- Hardiness Zone
- 9-11
- Mature Height
- 20 cm
- Mature Spread
- 10 cm
- Leaf Color
- Green
- Leaf Type
- Evergreen
- Flower Color
- Pink
- Flower Size
- 1.02 cm to 2.03 cm
- Bloom Time
- Mid spring, Late spring, Early summer
- Planting Time
- Spring, Summer
- Harvest Time
- Mid summer, Late summer, Early fall
- Native Area
- Mexico
Tags (5)
Common Names (2)
en Worm Cactus
en Thumb Cactus