Bridgesii
Mini-Me
Well documentedMini-Me is a that refuses to get big. Its keeper has grown it in large pots, small pots, in the ground, , in full sun and in full shade, and still settle at about an inch thick — a graft got it to roughly two inches and no further. It is not a slow plant: it roots and grows quickly, branches heavily and pups from the base, usually on five ribs with plenty of four-ribbed columns. It came from a supermarket as a seed-grown youngster, so nothing is known about its parents.Too little stands behind this for us to confirm it.
- stays small
- thin columns
- many pups
- fast rooting
- five ribs
- four-wind columns
At a glance
Species
Parents
No source names a mother or a father for this one.
Origin
No origin line of its own on file. What our sources do say about where it came from is in the account above.
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 Mini-Me. Nobody names a mother or a father for it, and no other entry here names it as a parent.
The longer version
The grower bought it years ago from a Trader Joe's grocery store as a small seed-grown plant already carrying a cluster of pups.Too little stands behind this for us to confirm it.
The same grower notes having never seen that chain sell any since.Too little stands behind this for us to confirm it.
What the record holds
The entry is written first-hand by the grower who keeps the plant, posting under the wiki name imdavesbud, and carries no bot-compiled banner.Too little stands behind this for us to confirm it.
Character
- slow and steady to fast grower: this one leans towards fast grower, read from the growth line below.
Not documented yet.
Not documented yet.
- Ribs
- Five is the usual count, six turns up now and then, seven hardly ever, and many columns come in the four-rib "" form.One source states this, and our house botanist has checked it. that rib range with occasional four-ribbed columns is normal variation for the species.
- Growth habit
- The stays very small and very thin no matter how it is grown.One source states this, and our house botanist has checked it. genetically dwarf clones that stay thin under any culture do occur in this genus.Grafted it thickened a little but still never went past about two inches across, and cuttings on their in several different spots all settle at roughly one inch.One source states this, and our house botanist has checked it. grafting often adds modest girth without overriding a clone's dwarf habit; consistent diameters across sites fit that.Big pots, small pots, in the ground, full sun and full shade have all made no difference to its size.Too little stands behind this for us to confirm it.It grows and roots quickly and does plump up — it simply never puts on the girth an ordinary Trichocereus does.One source states this, and our house botanist has checked it. vigour and rooting speed are independent of stem girth, so fast but slender growth is plausible.It branches a lot and throws a great many basal pups.One source states this, and our house botanist has checked it. heavy branching and free basal pupping are common in Trichocereus.
What the sources say
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.