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Son of Ron is a strongly spined, heavily descended from a mother stand grown by Cactus Ron in Southern California. It stays comparatively slim rather than thickening up, and its flower buds carry the white hairs typical of the species. The name records the plant's parentage rather than any trait, and no naming date is given.Reported, but not confirmed.
very glaucous
strong spines
slim column
white-haired buds
BridgesiiNamed clone: One original plant and every cutting taken from it, given a name by a grower.
Of the 8 things this page says, 4 name who reports them and 4 are marked as something we cannot confirm. Where a line is not settled, it says so underneath.
No source in this library records a cross for Son of Ron. 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 original plant was raised by a grower named Ron.Too little stands behind this for us to confirm it.
Where the name comes from
Cactus Ron in Southern California grew and owned the original mother stand, and the wiki page presents this as its offspring.Too little stands behind this for us to confirm it.
Character
A bar is drawn only where one of the lines below states it — never from the species, never from a photograph.
slow and steadyfast grower
Not documented yet.
nearly smoothheavily spined
nearly smooth to heavily spined: this one leans towards heavily spined, read from the spines line below.
single columnclumps freely
Not documented yet.
Skin
Heavily glaucous.One source states this, and our house botanist has checked it. A heavy waxy bloom is a normal epidermal trait in this genus.
Spines
Long and strong, in keeping with most bridgesii.Too little stands behind this for us to confirm it.
Growth habit
It does not bulk up especially thick.One source states this, and our house botanist has checked it. Slender, modest-girth clones are common in the genus; failing to bulk up is plausible.
Flowers
The buds carry white hairs.One source states this, and our house botanist has checked it. Hairy buds are standard for the genus; white hair on the bud is unremarkable.
What the sources say
Our own notes record the name as coming from the grower Ron who raised the original plant, which matches the wiki page.Reported by one source, and not corroborated anywhere else.
A Bridgesii column, drawn. We don't grow this one, and we will not borrow anybody else's photograph of it.
Related names
Filed under the same family, Bridgesii. The better-documented ones come first.
