Mammillaria melanocentra vibrant magenta Chaparral yuccas only bloom once

Chaparral yuccas only bloom once

Also known as road kill cactus

so you may need to rely on seeds to propagate the plant

sever pads from a plant and let them dry so that the wounds heal

Mammillaria melanocentra vibrant magenta Chaparral yuccas only bloom onceMammillaria melanocentra is a short, stocky and glaucous perennial cactus species with large tubercles. Each head is surrounded by a complete ring of star like dark pink flowers. It originates in Northern Mexico (Coahuila, Durango, Nuevo Leon, and Tamaulipas, Mexico). Stem: Depressed spherical, to short cylindric and rather flattened at the top, up to to 16 cm high and 10 12( 15) cm in diameter, glaucous green. Tubercles: in 8 and 13 spirals, firm,