i first bought this clone from Verne with the name Fastest attached to it. One of a few of Verne’s cactus plants that did not come from Cactus Kate, Verne said Fastest came from his friend Norm, who found the plant growing near Watsonville, CA.
In later years Verne stopped calling this clone Fastest and started calling it ‘short spine peru’, so it is also known under that name.
Grown here at Cactus Affinity Verne’s Fastest has been starting to look like Kathleen as it matures and I believe they’re likely the same plant.
Looking through some of Verne’s old documents, I recently found an email from “Kenny” giving Verne directions to the plant Verne called Fastest. Fastest and Kathleen are the same.
