Nipple beehive cactus

half the size of the Coryphantha macromeris and also has shorter spines. Blooming Habits: The Coryphantha macromeris ssp. runyonii has 3 inches wide (7 cm) pink flowers produced sparingly during the summer. Fruiting Habits: Check for Field Collection numbers at Ralph Martin's Site Sponsors: www.springhillnursery. More

Southern Texas populations of Coryphantha macromeris contain atypical individuals with pro-liferating small stems and shorter (stunted?) spines. Sexually mature stems branch from the tubercle axils, and the whole shoot becomes covered by immature branchlets. The immature branchlets proliferate profusely and asymmetrically faster than they can reach sexual maturity, obscuring the underlying symmetry of mature stems and forming irregular, asymmetric mounds. Such plants are the basis for C. macromeris var. runyonii (Britton & Rose) L. D. More