Mammillaria beiselii

A clumping, white-spined Mammillaria from southern Mexico now usually treated within Mammillaria karwinskiana. With no usable wild records or climate data, the profile follows the karwinskiana group: bright light, warm summers with rain, and a dry, cooler winter rest.

At home, aim for

Day Cool-growingTargets in Plantistry

Night Close to the dayTargets in Plantistry

Humidity Dry airBand in Plantistry

Light Bright, filtered lightDLI and PPFD in Plantistry

Expects a seasonal restGrows in the ground

Where it grows wild

Treated here from the M. karwinskiana group, which grows on rocky slopes in seasonally dry tropical scrub and deciduous forest, often wedged among rocks or under scattered shrubs.

Not recorded for this name; the karwinskiana group spans roughly lowland to about 2,000 m.

Mexico

🔒 Growing it like that

The wild conditions above, turned into targets for a shelf, a tent or a greenhouse. The full profile has:

✓ Day and night temperature targets, and the limits it tolerates

✓ Humidity band, and how to hold it

✓ Light as DLI and PPFD for a grow light

✓ Wet and dry seasons, and whether to rest it

✓ Substrate and airflow

✓ A step-by-step setup to grow it like the wild

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Profiles are drafts built from measured range and climate and from published sources; each section carries its own confidence in the app.