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Kate's Bridge, a bridgesii grown in the yard. Photograph 1 of 6 of this clone.
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Kate's Bridge

Also written as Kate, Kate's, Kate's Bridge (Melty)

Kate's Bridge is known to go melty and weird, which is part of what makes it such a unique clone.

Read the reference entry → — what the name Kate's Bridge means, where it came from, and what other growers record about it.

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Species group
Bridgesii
In the yard since
Not recorded yet
Where it came from
Not recorded yet
Photographs
6 on this page

Anything marked “not recorded yet” is a fact I have not written down. I would rather leave the gap than guess at it.

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Each listing is one specific plant, photographed as it is today.

Photographs

My own pictures of this plant, taken in the yard. The drawn frames are my illustrations, standing in until I have photographed the rest.

  • May 2026

  • May 2026

  • June 2026

  • June 2026

  • May 2026

  • Line drawing of a branched cactus with two arms curving upward from the main stem

    Illustration

  • Line drawing magnifying a single areole on a rib crest — the felted cushion, its ring of radial spines and one longer central spine

    Illustration

  • Line drawing of young seed-grown cactus seedlings in a shallow pot of gritty mix

    Illustration

  • Line drawing of a cactus growing in a terracotta pot topped with gritty mix

    Illustration

The same plant, over time

The same plant over 23 days — May 2026 to June 2026, photographed on 2 different days.

  1. May 2026

    Kate's Bridge, a bridgesii grown in the yard. Photograph 1 of 6 of this clone.
    Kate's Bridge, a bridgesii grown in the yard. Photograph 6 of 6 of this clone.
    Kate's Bridge, a bridgesii grown in the yard. Photograph 2 of 6 of this clone.

  2. June 2026

    Kate's Bridge, a bridgesii grown in the yard. Photograph 5 of 6 of this clone.
    Kate's Bridge, a bridgesii grown in the yard. Photograph 4 of 6 of this clone.

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