DESERT INN BOTANIC SURVEYPlate 03 / 06

THE OVERACHIEVER

Director of Height

Columnar sp. — unidentified

NOBODY PLANTED HER HERE.SHE DECIDED.

Provenance unknown. Acquired without a label, in a four-inch pot, for six dollars, at a point when the survey had no budget and no plan.

She was catalogued as a columnar species and given a conservative height estimate, which she exceeded within the first season and has exceeded annually since. The file has been amended four times.

No irrigation has been delivered to this accession in two years. This appears to have been interpreted as encouragement.

AccessionACC. 2026-003
FamilyCACTACEAE
PositionSOUTH EXPOSURE · NO IRRIGATION
NotesGROWTH: UNSUPERVISED
ZoneZONE 9b · LAS VEGAS, NEVADA
DESERT INN BOTANIC SURVEY · ZONE 9b · LAS VEGAS, NEVADA · The plates in the ground are the primary record.