Battle Ground, WA (Zone 8b) | June 2013 | positive
I remember this cactus growing wild in the desert around Scottsdale, AZ when I was growing up there. I've had one, bought locally in Sal...Read Moreinas, CA, growing in a shallow terra cotta pot with a bunch of other cacti and succulents - the fishhook cactus has developed into a nice little clump of about 10 heads. I've separated a couple to plant in a new small cactus garden in my front yard -- we'll see how they do there.
Easy to grow here in Tucson - it's native. Have found broken "Globules", let them scab over and planted them - grow fine, with pretty pi...Read Morenk/purple flowers.
I've seen this cactus growing in the wild in the Phoenix surrounding desert; Oro Valley, AZ; Oracle Junction, AZ; Kearny, AZ & on the 'El...Read More Camino Del Diablo Trail' (Devils' Highway) that runs between Ajo and Wellton in Arizona.
More synonyms of this plant are: Mammillaria grahamii var. grahamii, Neomammillaria milleri, Chilita milleri, Mammillaria milleri, Mammillaria microcarpa var. milleri, Mammillaria marnierana, Mammillaria pseudoalamoensis, Neomammillaria microcarpa, Cactus grahamii, Cochemiea grahamii, Chilita grahamii, Mammillaria milleri var. grahamii, Mammillaria microcarpa var. grahamii
Other Common names include: Pitahayita, Choyita, Black-spined Pincushion, Cabeza de Viejo, Fishhook Pincushion, Miller's Pincushion, Olive's Pincushion, Sunset Cactus.
I remember this cactus growing wild in the desert around Scottsdale, AZ when I was growing up there. I've had one, bought locally in Sal...Read More
Easy to grow here in Tucson - it's native. Have found broken "Globules", let them scab over and planted them - grow fine, with pretty pi...Read More
Reliable bloomer for winter doldruns in northern latitudes. It's an easy care cactus that has an attractive form even when not blooming.
I've seen this cactus growing in the wild in the Phoenix surrounding desert; Oro Valley, AZ; Oracle Junction, AZ; Kearny, AZ & on the 'El...Read More