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Cahuilla seal. monstrose growth, recorded as spineless.

Other Trichocereus

Cahuilla

Grown hereWell documented

Cahuilla is a thick, restless kept by the Californian grower behind the imdavesbud name, whose mother stand grows in Pala. It shifts counts along every column, throws nubs and , holds a checkerboard pattern, and answers damage with strong red spines that fade white in full sun while a relaxed plant makes almost none. Its flowers are described as heavily perfumed with unusually long . All of this comes from the grower who keeps and sells it, so it is a first-hand account rather than an independent one.Too little stands behind this for us to confirm it.

  • rib shifting
  • checkerboard glaucous
  • red new spines
  • very thick growth
  • scented flowers

Other TrichocereusNamed clone: One original plant and every cutting taken from it, given a name by a grower.

Of the 14 things this page says, 7 name who reports them and 7 are marked as something we cannot confirm. Where a line is not settled, it says so underneath.

Added 23 Aug 2026

At a glance

Species

Not recorded

No source named a species for this one.

Filed under Other Trichocereus

Parents

Not recorded

No source names a mother or a father for this one.

Origin

The grower who named it says they did so because a single auction with 26 buyers needed a label to sell under; it went to all fifty states from there.

no source says whether it is seed-grown or a cutting line

In the yard

We grow this one

none cut for sale right now

Family line

what the record holds

No source in this library records a cross for Cahuilla. Nobody names a mother or a father for it, and no other entry here names it as a parent.

That is the record, not an oversight: of the 749 names in this library, 693 have no recorded relation either. Most named clones were selected, cut and passed along without anyone writing down what they came out of. A parent goes in here when a source states it and never because a name looks like one — a wrong pedigree would travel further than a blank one, because pedigrees get copied.

If you know where it came from, tell us — a person reads everything before it appears.

The longer version

The mother stand belongs to the grower known as Cactus Dave, or imdavesbud, in Pala, California.Too little stands behind this for us to confirm it.

The wiki page itself was written by that grower, so the account is first-hand and single-source.Too little stands behind this for us to confirm it.

Where the name comes from

The grower who named it says they did so because a single auction with 26 buyers needed a label to sell under; it went to all fifty states from there.Reported by 2 independent sources; we have not seen it ourselves.

Character

A bar is drawn only where one of the lines below states it — never from the species, never from a photograph.

  • Not documented yet.

  • nearly smooth to heavily spined: this one leans strongly towards nearly smooth, read from the spines line below.

  • Not documented yet.

Skin
It holds a checkerboard glaucous pattern, ranges from green to blue depending where it is grown, and has thrown several pieces.One source states this, and our house botanist has checked it. Patchy glaucous banding, colour shifting with light and culture, and occasional variegated sports are all plausible.
Ribs
Every column shifts its rib count, and the plant throws nubs and vestigial growth as it stacks.One source states this, and our house botanist has checked it. Rib count commonly varies between and along stems, and nubbing with it.
Spines
New spines come in red and stay red in shade but bleach white in full sun; a relaxed plant makes almost no spines, while damage or stress brings on strong red ones.Too little stands behind this for us to confirm it.
Growth habit
Among the strongest and quickest growers here, with potential.Reported by one source, and not corroborated anywhere else.Answers minor damage with shifted ribs and small vestigial nubs rather than a plain scar.One source states this, and our house botanist has checked it. Damage near the growing point often shifts rib count and pushes small nubs instead of healing flat.Columns on the original stand have reached roughly 24 inches around, with new growth regularly four to five inches thick, and the plant gets very notchy indoors under artificial light.One source states this, and our house botanist has checked it. That girth and thickness are attainable, and weak indoor light readily causes notchy growth.
Flowers
Strongly perfumed, with thick straight petals, extra-long stigmas and buds wrapped in thick curly black hair that holds its colour in sun.One source states this, and our house botanist has checked it. Night-opening scented flowers with long styles and dense dark bud hair are typical of the genus.

What the sources say

The community wiki records a differently named honouring the same nation, selected from stands in Alpine, San Diego County. It is a separate entry and not necessarily the same plant.Too little stands behind this for us to confirm it.The wiki page was authored by the grower who owns and distributes the clone, so its trait and hardiness claims are first-party and uncorroborated.Reported, but not confirmed.Our own notes warn that a differently named bridgesii honouring the same nation, selected from stands in Alpine, San Diego County, is a separate entry and not necessarily the same plant.Too little stands behind this for us to confirm it.

Cahuilla growing in the yard
Our own plant, in the yard. 2 pictures of it on its collection page.

Filed under the same family, Other Trichocereus. The better-documented ones come first.

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