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Silver Dollar Bridge, a bridgesii grown in the yard. spines heavy, in a tight radial pattern at the crown. Photograph 1 of 4 of this clone.
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Silver Dollar Bridge

Also written as SDB

A named bridgesii grown here in full California sun. Cuttings come off it short, fat and heavily spined, with a tight radial spine pattern at the crown.

Read the reference entry → — what the name Silver Dollar 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
4 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

  • May 2026

  • May 2026

  • Line drawing of a crested cactus, its growing point stretched into a wavy fan lined with areoles

    Illustration

  • Line drawing of a tall ribbed San Pedro cactus standing in the ground, its areoles and spines running up the crest of each rib

    Illustration

  • Line drawing of a rooted cactus cut away at the soil line, showing the buried stem and the roots spreading below it

    Illustration

  • Line drawing of a clumping cactus, offsets pushing up around the base of the mother stem

    Illustration

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