Mammillaria spinosissima f. rubrispina

Been poppin a lot this spring 😊

Wow! Great view. Lovely.

Getting ready to bloom #pink #mammillaria

Fantastic 📷 👏

Took two years and cutting off a strange tumor, for this mammi to start blooming again #mammillaria #redhead

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What's on my #cactus ? Help me identify this plant and heal it! #plantid

This might be mealy bug. 😱 First, you must quarantine the plant and second you must get rid of the infestation. Scrape the pests off or spray with strong water pressure. Then dab a solution of 1 part rubbing alcohol to 3 parts water (first test the mixture on a small part of the plant so it doesn't damage it). If using water spray, cover soil/roots to keep from over watering. 😉

Thanks @lovestogarden but it is not a bug of any sort that I can see. When I pulled off a small ball (about 3mm) it made a hole wound on the cacti and white blood leaked from it 😰 i feel bad now

Oh, Interesting. Maybe April can help with this. April, do you know? @alovealoe

Looks like cochineal scale. Sucks for the plant but I find the history of how people have used this bug in history interesting.

@alovealoe no red liquid coming from it so im sure its not that either. So confusing. I wonder if its deformed babies growing

That's weird. Hmm. Try posting on www.reddit.com/r/succulents

So far everyone agrees it is a mutation. Rogue cactis 🌵