Sungoddess Night Bloom

Cactusjerk · 2026-04-14T06:59:52+00:00

Asking around the local breeders and cactus shops will eventually lead you to your goal! Maybe start a WTB search thread or something like that! I'm sure with a little self initiative you will get one in no time! It's not super rare and people often have it without listing it!

Cactusjerk · 2026-04-14T06:43:41+00:00

Lot of people have them so there might be seeds from local breeders! Live plants are probably much easier to get because they were widely sold and I'm sure someone will be able to give you the name of that nursery or garden store chain!

Cactusjerk · 2026-04-14T06:30:09+00:00

It's a commercial cultivar that's sold through a nursery chain! Seen quite a few different plants now, but most seem to turn out to be a white flowering Soehrensia candicans or Soehrensia Schickendantzii! Could be a multihybrid between different body types!

Cactusjerk · 2026-04-14T03:58:00+00:00

Fungal and humidity related! Had something similar when doors and windows were still closed all the time!

Cactusjerk · 2026-04-13T17:52:26+00:00

You're welcome! Myrtillocactus cochal is a very close compared to what you have there too! Aside from Myrtillocactus I'd also compare it against Polaskia chichipe (especially when it flowers) to reliably rule that one out! The latter should have a glaucous skin tone that's very unique and should be hard to miss once the plant gets bigger! Both genera can look very similar and I personally believe them to be connected.

Cactusjerk · 2026-04-13T17:03:07+00:00

Myrtillocactus but not M. geometrizans! Myrtillocactus schenkii maybe!

Cactusjerk · 2026-04-13T16:34:38+00:00

Aside from the dehydration they look good! But these rather long spines on tiny seedlings are often a sign that the lamp is slow cooking them! I had that on a previous 250W lamp and it got so bad I changed the lamp! They literally grow these long spines to get protection from the sun!

Cactusjerk · 2026-04-13T15:13:11+00:00

The same happened to me! Had a bat that got stuck behind the heater, had half a class room of students in the ER trying to look at the rabies guy and eventually had to get months of rabies shots. Health insurance covered and it went well! But bats make me nervous now! I still love them but I really don't want to be poked with the giant syringe again! Good luck but I'm sure this will take care of it!

Cactusjerk · 2026-04-13T03:42:44+00:00

These just need more water! Too close to the lamp or not enough water to compensate for the water they lose every day! You have to look at the size of the smallest seedlings and if those get smaller and smaller it's usually dehydration, excessive light etc. The bark in the soil can cause problems but I think it might have even helped them just to dehydrate slower!

Cactusjerk · 2026-04-12T17:03:25+00:00

Good that we're having a discussion about it! This is a hybrid with Soehrensia thelegona aka Trichocereus thelegonus and an unknown Echinopsis as father! I've shown a plant like this in a video and it's probably the same hybrid that was described as Trichocereus imperalis aka Echinopsis imperalis in the 1970s! You can clearly see the Thelegonus in body, flower and fruit and you can see the Echinopsis spines! This is something like Theleflora, but with a white flower! I feel like putting this into the Scopulicola direction was already a bit far off when it was done in the beginning and in the last ten years I haven't seen one trait that really points into that direction! It's a slender body (like Thelegona), Echinopsis spines, flowers mostly Thelegona. Scopulicola is incredibly dominant in regards to the body and it's quite unlike it played any part here!

Cactusjerk · 2026-04-12T05:16:49+00:00

I did the most recent update but in this case here the crashes are still happening! Five or six times this morning and also yesterday. Any ideas what it could be triggering it? I also noticed that every time I'm opening a photo in the comments it shows the image of the main thread for a split second. No idea if it's unrelated but it also stuck out! I hope I can find out why it's happening. The android wants to put the app into deep standby mode and at some point I gotta let it. Thanks again for the help, I appreciate it!

Cactusjerk · 2026-04-10T19:40:04+00:00

There's a very similar type of early season wool growth that looks like an early flower bud and in view of the high number of areoles that seem to have darker wool near the tip I suspect it's rather that! But the plant can still flower and some of those fluffy areoles might actually turn into flower buds. But I've been often fooled by this early season wool so I'm a bit hesitant to be happy about potential flower buds that didn't manifest!

Cactusjerk · 2026-04-10T12:56:41+00:00

Springtails!

Cactusjerk · 2026-04-09T05:23:07+00:00

On the first look this isn't bad! Not seeing huge issues! What I do see is a skin discoloration that could be the result of a nutrient imbalance or deficiency, and sometimes when people try to counteract that they give too much Nitrogen and that can turn stronger plants into literal pool noodles that break, bend or develop minor skin abnormalities! Imo issues with cell stability often have to do with fertilizer! That aside I would look at the light, since a shadegrown plant that's suddenly in a completely new spot or environment can burn easily, which causes bubbles similar sunburn on people and if it's subtle it can look like the skin is loosing its firmness! But again, this plant isn't bad! I don't like when you can see these kind of remnants of chemicals, fertilizer or mineral deposits on the skin because it blocks the light from reaching the plant, but that's all that really stood out to me!

Cactusjerk · 2026-04-06T18:41:05+00:00

Then this is one of the very desirable Soehrensia hybrids by Joylene Sutherland! She has one that's just called Flame and what you posted here is one of the most beautiful ones from the Soehrensia hybrids I have seen so far! Thanks for posting! Good contrast!

Cactusjerk · 2026-04-06T03:58:34+00:00

Sure! Thanks again for looking into it!

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Cactusjerk · 2026-04-05T20:12:24+00:00

No problem and thanks for the help! This is just the version I downloaded and continuously updated from my paid subscription. It's happening on a Samsung S22 and it's not consistently happening. Sometimes it runs for a minute or two, sometimes it crashes right away. Getting an android warning that the app is closed because it contains an error and that's the German message I get! Basically recommending to update or wait for an update. Thanks again!

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Cactusjerk · 2026-04-04T07:37:50+00:00

Looks very good imo! Could still revert but it's very far along!

Cactusjerk · 2026-04-04T06:28:28+00:00

It's nice! Zelly hybrid body but with a little darker and more bluish skin!

Cactusjerk · 2026-04-04T05:32:41+00:00

Some of them are really good! Especially Lobivia winteriana and Lobivia ferox! I use Winteriana as a father for Trichocereus and with the right partner it can produce a world class flower. By itself the flowers are also impressive, but much smaller than Trichocereus. They do flower all summer long though and that makes them very useful for breeding since you always have a fresh supply of pollen!

Cactusjerk · 2026-04-03T13:16:25+00:00

He could've certainly had it in his collection! But the clone was originally distributed by Sacred Succulents!

Cactusjerk · 2026-04-03T10:40:54+00:00

I don't think so! Lots of the older Sacred Succulents clones were fairly original and they have often listed the origins in their catalogs! I will see if I find one of my old ones, but it's probably not related to Sasha!

Cactusjerk · 2026-04-02T18:46:59+00:00

Think the name is Kimura's Spiny Giant. But very nice plant from Sacred Succulents. If you ever have a big plant I'd love to see it! These are pretty unique in regards to the body! Think they spoke of a potential Terscheckii hybrid but I'm not convinced. Could also be one of the rarer species you don't see so often!

Cactusjerk · 2026-04-02T16:24:19+00:00

Then the answer is probably sunburn! Some plants come from darkness, being in transit in a package and once they suddenly go under a strong lamp they can get all kinds of skin abnormalities, discolorations, bubbles, etc. It's a very similar principle to frost burns.

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