RS0001-3
RS0001-3
this is what I call the argentinensis or Monstrous Cactus Rimac type of RS0001-3 cactus
Kakster
“Thirty years ago, I got RS0001 from the defunct Sticky Business nursery in Sebastopol, California.
I got RS0002 when a cactus collector who was moving out of the country gave me his collection, which was mainly [peru] that he had obtained form various local sources and that looked identical.
I got RS0003 from Makuto Kimura's defunct nursery near Gilroy, California.
All three varieties looked similar but had a distinct appearance that enabled me to recognize them without using labels. But when cultivated in the same location, they all transformed to look the same, so for the most part I could not tell them apart except for a few that had plant tags. Live and learn.
Therefore, when I distribute that variety, which is very likely all one clone anyway or at least siblings form the same batch of seeds, I label it RS0001-3” (kakster)
Cactus Affinity observations
As of September 2024 it appears to me that there are in fact three distinct clones represented by RS0001-3. I initially scattered the many RS0001-3 plants I acquired from Kakster all around the garden. Eventually I planted three standouts in close proximity.
These three RS0001-3 plants when grown close together in the ground are distinctly different. A thinner spine similar to argentinensis or the Monstrous Cactus Rimac, a thicker spine similar to what at one time was referred to as a Matucana type peru, and a third that I consider the “classic” peru type based on some specific examples available in my early formative cactus years. (JS)
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