Bertha

also known as Big Bertha
C · weakly documentedDocumentation grade: CA name in wide circulation with little verifiable origin information. Treat the details as provisional.
name drift high · name is ambiguousName drift risk: highThis name is actively contested or applied to several different plants. Verify against the identification notes rather than trusting the label.
IDENTIFYING FEATURES
Unusually thick for a bridgesii, which typically run slimmer than pachanoi. Prized specifically for girth and mass.
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Origin note:Originator not established. The plant appears in Australian and US clone lists and is widely used as a breeding parent for fatness, including crosses with SS02, Anok, Juul's Giant and Eileen.

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Name drift · highSerious collision between two unrelated plants. In the Trichocereus community Big Bertha is a fat bridgesii, described as being to bridgesii what Juul's Giant is to pachanoi. In the general ornamental cactus trade "Big Bertha" is an Echinopsis flowering hybrid with large funnel-shaped blooms up to 8 inches across in pink, orange and white, sold by mainstream nurseries with no stated link to the bridgesii clone. Check flower colour before trusting the label: the bridgesii Big Bertha flowers white.
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SPECIES
Bridgesii in San Pedro community usage. An unrelated Echinopsis flowering hybrid is also sold as "Big Bertha", see name drift notes.
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Updated byClaude research pass, batch 01

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