Mammillaria giselae white water-storing leaves can hold a

water-storing leaves can hold a lot of water

it's important to remember that the pencil cactus is not a true cactus but rather a succulent

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and has a white-woolly apex covered with spines

Mammillaria giselae white water-storing leaves can hold aMammillaria schiedeana subs. giselae, is a small clustering cactus with up to 15, or rarely as many as 35 stems. Individual cluster up to 10 cm in diameter (or more in cultivation) Stem: Small, ovoidal to cylindrical, 35 (rarely to 180) mm high. Without latex. Tubercles: Cylindrical, pale green, with a watery sap. Axil naked. Radial spines: about 16 21 radials ( 2 5 mm long), fine, needle like, feathery, flexible, somewhat pectinated, white, yellow to