Pala
Also sold as
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Documentation score A. Traceable to a named person or record.
Documentation score B. Reasonably supported, with gaps.
Documentation score C. A single unverified mention. Treat with caution.
Name collision. Plants are sold under this name that may be a different clone. Compare:
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Name drift risk: medium (vs Pala Rez).
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Species group
Clone type
Region
Pala, San Diego County, CA
Origin person
named by Cactus Jones; sold by IMDAVESBUD
Place
Pala, San Diego County, CA
Year
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Name drift risk
medium (vs Pala Rez)
Story
Cactus Jones bought the cutting on eBay. When the package arrived, the return address said Pala — that was the name of the town the cutting shipped from. He named the plant after the town on the box. This corrects my earlier inference. Pala's name records where a package was mailed from, not where the plant is genetically from. No collection data, no mother-stand location, no lineage. Dave adds that he himself lives in the town of Pala, and that he has never seen the mother plant — "someone has it hidden away somewhere." That last point matters for your Pala/Oceanside question: if the Pala mother has never been located or photographed, the only way to test the Oceanside hypothesis is by comparing the propagated material, not by tracing it back.
Video references
YouTube origin explanation — 9:27
YouTube origin explanation — 9:52
Origin
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Lineage
Cross as recorded
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Parents
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Used as a parent of
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Identification
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Notes
From The Southern California place-name cluster: Type: Clone Named by: Cactus Jones ID marks: Thick, fat growth with powdery blue flesh and firmly attached spines Story: Cactus Jones's favorite variety. He suspects it is the same plant as Oceanside, or close offspring of it. Geographically that is very plausible: Pala and Oceanside are both in North San Diego County, roughly 25 miles apart. Lore: Described in vendor copy as "spicy," and carries Cactus Jones's single-🌶️ mark. Photo/ref: imdavesbud.shop/products/pala-this-exact-cut-%E2%… (ten photographs of one cutting) ⚠ Not the same as Pala Rez.: Corrected — see below. Two different clones from the same town. Open question: The Pala/Oceanside identity. Cactus Jones is the person to ask. Confidence: B on existence and naming, C on the Oceanside relationship
Alkaloid claims
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