The spines are usually soft and not sharp
it tends not to flower after a cold winter outdoors or in an unheated enclosure
Partial shade during the hottest part of the day can also help protect it in extremely hot climates
The butterfly agave plants favor very airy
the plant can grow about 20 to 25 centimetres in height
Mammillaria prolifera vibrant magenta The spines are usually softMammillaria prolifera is a low growing cactus, commonly branching to form colonies often 6 dm in diameter. The species occurs very widely from Mexico (Coahuila, Nuevo Len, Quertaro, San Luis Potos and Tamaulipas), the USA (Texas), Cuba, the Dominican Republic, and Haiti. The typical subspecies prolifera occurs throughout much of the Caribbean. Growth Rate It is a small growing, but easily flowering species. It offset from the base and can fill a 25 cm