Mammillarias at the Show

In our written reports you will read that some classes were poorly supported. This was definitely not so in the Mammillarias - there were yards and yards of them and some magnificent specimens. Many of them were a yard each! ANY of the plants in the winning entry for class 29 (Three Mammillarias) would have won the one Mammillaria classes at NMK Branch and Zone 6 level in Northant's Country. They would also have filled a car by themselves!

From Ian's picture CD of the Mams at the Show it was difficult to choose a selection of the smaller ones for this page. Judging them must have been a nightmare. The Ed's choice (below) is for those he would most like to own! Now I suppose Ian is going to tell me they are grafted.

Best Mammillaria in the Show was this huge M. compressa v. longiseta (above) exhibited by Bob Wilson and winning a well deserved RHS Award of Merit. The Ed thought M. bombycina was supposed to win at the National.

Ian has written a special illustrated report on the Mammillarias, Thelocacti and Coryphanthas at the Show. Click The Coryphanthanae to read.