- First described
- 2013
- Type
- single clone named
Origin
Transylvania Co, NC montana selection. Mike's most morphologically variable montana clone — same plant produces taco-folded, bulbous, pointed-closed-lid, and red-body-with-green-lid expressions across different seasons.
Standout traits
- Extreme upward lid-fold ('taco') expression
- Multi-phenotype: taco / bulbous / pointed-closed / red-body
- Demonstrates Mike's broader montana framework: any montana clone can produce the red-body expression under right environmental conditions
Cultivation notes
Outdoor Northern California. For red-body expression in montana, Mike (2026) recommends filtered light or fewer hours of direct sun rather than blasting full sun.
Standout traits
- 'Taco lid' — extreme upward folding of the lid; more pronounced than typical montana (Mike, post #14, 2021)
- Longer, pointed lids that are 'closed' more consistently than other clones
- Sometimes lid is 'open' though — environmental? mystery (Mike, post #1, 2013)
- Multi-look phenotype — Mike (post #16, 2023): 'this clone has so many different looks to it!' Documented expressions: classic taco-fold, bulbous, pointed-closed-lid, and the all-red-body montana phenotype
- All-red body + green/yellow lid + red veins phenotype achievable under right environmental conditions (Mike, post #21, 2026)
- Mike's broader montana framework (post #21, 2026): EVERY montana clone Mike has grown can produce the red-body / green-lid expression — but it requires specific environmental conditions (filtered light, less full-sun hours, +'a dozen other factors')
Cultivation
Outdoor Northern California. Lid-fold expression varies year-to-year on the same plant — same Clone #1 produced "bulbous" lids in 2023 (post #16) then back to "taco" folded lids by Sep 2023 (post #19).
Mike's 2026 red-body advice (post #21): blasting unobstructed full sun all day is NOT optimal for montana red expression. Want some level of filtered light or fewer hours of direct sunlight.
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Naming
"Clone #1" — Mike's numerical designation. Mike (post #14, 2021) later remarked: "I really wish I named this thing 'taco tuesday' because check out them lids!" — referencing wireman's 2013 joke (post #2) that all montanas remind him of tacos.