Bridgesii
El Serpiente
Well documentedEl Serpiente is a melty, blocky bridgesii-type whose mother stand belongs to a Southern Californian grower known as Cactus Ron. It grows fast and gives little trouble: it runs up tall, while on its it terminates and stacks like , dropping into four-rib sections that end in short segments and then re-pup from the tip to build a bushy plant. The first sold on eBay in 2022. The wiki page is written by a grower who distributes it, so the description is first-party.Too little stands behind this for us to confirm it.
- melty growth
- four-rib sections
- stacks and re-pups
- fast grower
At a glance
Species
Parents
No source names a mother or a father for this one.
Origin
no source says whether it is seed-grown or a cutting line
In the yard
Family line
No source in this library records a cross for El Serpiente. Nobody names a mother or a father for it, and no other entry here names it as a parent.
The longer version
Species, as our sources record it: tagged on the wiki page.
The name describes what the tip looks like: a cobra's hood with fangs.Too little stands behind this for us to confirm it.
Cuttings first reached buyers through eBay sales in 2022.Reported, but not confirmed.
It has since been released further through Reddit.Reported, but not confirmed.
The wiki page was written by the grower behind the imdavesbud name.Too little stands behind this for us to confirm it.
Where the name comes from
The original mother stand belongs to the grower known as Cactus Ron, in Southern California.Too little stands behind this for us to confirm it.
Character
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- Ribs
- Very melty growth that often falls to four ribs.One source states this, and our house botanist has checked it. Melty, low-rib growth is a recognised habit and consistent with rib instability in the genus.
- Growth habit
- Fast and normal-looking when grafted, slow and on its own roots — one clone, two very different plants.One source states this, and our house botanist has checked it. Graft vigour commonly suppresses monstrose expression, so the same clone can look very different on its own roots.Fast and largely trouble-free; grafted it runs up tall quickly, while on its own roots it terminates and stacks in the manner of TBM.One source states this, and our house botanist has checked it. Grafting commonly speeds vertical growth, and terminating-and-stacking on own roots is a normal habit in the genus.Blocky, with many four-rib sections ending in short six to eight inch segments that then re-pup from the tip, building a bushy stand.One source states this, and our house botanist has checked it. Constricted segments that re-pup from the tip and build a clump is an ordinary growth pattern here.
- Notes
- The tips are described as smooth where segments terminate.Too little stands behind this for us to confirm it.
What the sources say
Our own notes carry a naming story from a YouTube channel, about a cobra-like sheath and fangs at the tip, that the wiki page does not mention at all. The wiki page was authored by a grower who sells the clone, so its trait claims are not independent.Too little stands behind this for us to confirm it.
Related names
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Cultivar histories in this hobby are passed between growers; where sources disagree we say so rather than pick a side.