Bethel Grove Gardens · Variety reference
Sangre de Cristo
Biological type: Common (persistent)
Pollination: Unknown
Cutting reference$12.00
One-gallon reference$40.00
Reference estimates, not sale offers or mature-tree appraisals. Price evidence date not recorded.
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Fruit & growing traits
- Biological type
- Common (persistent)
- Crop habit
- Unifera (main crop)
- Main crop ripening
- Average
- Flavor profile
- Berry
- Fruit size
- Medium
- Skin color
- Dark red-purple
- Pulp color
- Red
- Hardiness / climate notes
- Unknown / not recorded
Reported growth habit: Unknown
Origins & names
- Geographic origin
- Catamarca, Argentina
- Possible origin
- Argentina
- Synonyms / alternate names
- Sangre de Cristo INTA
- Same or nearly the same
- INTA Catamarca clonal selection
- Popular close brother
- Unknown / not recorded
- Known parentage
- Unknown / not recorded
- Reference year
- 1970
- First year (estimate)
- 21st-c. breeding release
- What the year means
- Official release or first wide circulation
Evidence & reference values
- Confidence
- Medium — breeder notes / national commercial lists / collector forums
- Key sources
- INTA Catamarca collection paper
- Condit page
- Unknown / not recorded
- Notes
- INTA local selection. Name is Argentine; not the US 'Blood of Christ' cactus.
- Commonality
- Rare
- Market availability
- Estimate only
Imported catalog record; not individually reviewed. Separate names do not necessarily establish distinct genotypes.