What changed first?
Watering, root damage, temperature, light, nutrition or a spray can precede visible injury. Record the sequence.
Grower reference · no affiliation impliedSource review · 8 September 2026
← Cactus CodexThe value of a primary grower record
GeeBee’s own website provides a public link between garden names, GB codes and source references. The table below preserves that distinction. It records what the grower lists; it does not authenticate someone else’s cutting or establish genetic parentage.
The GB name reference
| Code | Garden name | Source / group as listed |
|---|---|---|
| GB04 | NFA | Icaros DNA |
| GB05 | Stella Blue | Icaros DNA |
| GB06 | Dark Star | BK08612.4 |
| GB09 | Delihlah | BK08612.4 |
| GB10 | Ripple | Scopulicola |
| GB11 | Kesey | Scopulicola |
| GB12 | Lovelight | Los Gentiles |
| GB13 | Cassidy | Lurin |
| GB14 | Terrapin | Icaros DNA |
| GB15 | Rider | BK08612.9 |
| GB16 | China Cat Sunflower | Icaros DNA |
| GB17 | Aoxo (Aoxomoxoa) | BK08612.4 |
| GB18 | Dupree’s (Diamond Blues) | Los Gentiles |
| GB25 | Aiko Aiko | NL52509a |
| GB26 | Stagger Lee | Sacred Succulents |
| GB27 | Franklin’s Tower | NL52509a |
Read the original gallery for its full labels and spelling. The same source reference can occur beside more than one garden name.
Althea: keep the evidence specific
GeeBee’s public offerings include Althea. That confirms a primary grower listing; the offering alone does not establish a complete pedigree, a GB code, or equivalence to another named plant. Those details should remain unassigned unless separately documented.
Grower practice and a treatment trial are different
In a public seasonal note, GeeBee describes outdoor cultivation, sulfur on cut ends and gypsum foliar use. That is an attributed practice report. It is not a controlled demonstration that gypsum cures cactus infections, and it does not establish a safe application rate for every plant.
Turn observations into useful questions
What organism was found?
Inspect or test before turning “spot,” “rot” or “brooming” into a pathogen name.
Which host was studied?
Keep a result on Opuntia, dragon fruit or grafted Gymnocalycium attached to that host.
What would test the idea?
Repeated observations, an appropriate comparison and laboratory identification are stronger than an anecdotal recovery.
This question framework is the Codex’s editorial synthesis. It is not presented as a quotation or an endorsement by GeeBee.
Three distinctions worth keeping
- Susceptibility is not diagnosis. Cultural stress may make infection more likely; it does not identify the pathogen.
- A nutrient is not automatically a cure. Calcium-related physiology does not establish that every soft-rot problem is caused by calcium deficiency.
- A better-looking plant is not a clean test. Symptom improvement does not by itself exclude persistent infection.
Read the checked host-specific examples in Research & evidence and the practical cactus health guide.
Attribution and privacy
This page uses public grower statements and independently accessible research. It does not reproduce private-group discussions, personal contact details or private-group photographs. No claim of collaboration, certification or endorsement is made.