Hybrid
Sun Goddess
Sun Goddess is reportedly a nursery-trade , propagated at scale by Altman Plants: bright green under a light cast, robust and clustering, with large white funnel-shaped flowers, and vigorous enough that growers value it as grafting .
- short spines
At a glance
Parents
Seed parent: Trichocereus arboricola · Pollen parent: Trichocereus purpureopilosus
In the yard
The longer version
Species: sold under generic labels and often associated with grandiflorus; community records point to a of T. arboricola and T. purpureopilosus.
The arboricola-by-purpureopilosus reading rests on records traced to Bob Baker.
One grower argues arboricola must be the mother because it is the only plant the note mentions, so the fruit that carried the seed was presumably on it.
Character
- nearly smooth to heavily spined: this one leans toward nearly smooth, read from the spines line below.
- Skin
- Reportedly bright green with a light glaucous cast.
- Ribs
- Reportedly prominent and rounded, carrying large felted .
- Spines
- Reportedly fairly short and needle-like, from light yellow through to brownish-gray.
Every photo shows another grower how this one really grows. Thank you.