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Hola, Thanks for the info... I would definitely go around to visit Huaraz, Chavin and the ruins.. Thank I heard a lot of good stuff about Matucana.. We will also visit Cuzco, Pisac and Machu Pichu. First when we land we would be heading for the jungles though, Pucuallpa and Iquitos to visit the grandmother.. ;)

Aye, this is melted wax form ;)

Thank you guys, I live in Israel the cactus love the climate here.. As far as I know the Totem Pole is Lophocereus not Trichocereus

Hello It's been so long since I visited this forum, this is the place where I started first to gather my knowledge and I'm so grateful for this amazing space and the dedicated people here, bless you all. Had been doing much research and would post my cacti porn and how the develop very soon. But first I need help and I hope some of the veterans here can and have this knowledge. I am looking for some good advises and recommendations getting a long in places in Peru related to Huachuma, such as Chavin and Mocha culture and traces.. For any information I will be much grateful. Bless the Cactus Peace brothers and sisters...

Hey mates! The garden is in a kibbutz next the sea of Galilee. I will be there soon and take new photos, we'll see what's left of it. Hopefully there are no fatalities... ;) Niggles, your friend has contacted me.

I will be there in a month, some of these columns are so thick and spiny (Pasacana, paringeli, stetsonia), it would be a project to remove these, and I don't have a pick-up truck... :\

I am from Israel, shipping these huge columns overseas will be costly. This is not my collection, the guy who collected it is long gone and his son wants to sell everything or sadly demolish it...

Sorry guys but that's far from Australia, it's too bad most plants will probably get destroyed since no one is interested in cacti in my country.

I'm telling you Michael it's the same clone, I was the one to take the cuttings almost a year and a half ago. I can see difference in color and thickness of the spines which may be a result to different growth conditions(Soil, climate, seasons) and age, we've already seen same clones grown in different places over the world that look different than the other. I will try to get to this collection where the mother plant is seated in the next weeks, maybe a better updated photo will prove this to you.. Guys have a look at the other post I've made where I publish photos of that old collection, if you are interested in a cutting please PM me this month. Meanwhile, more updates as of today: Am I correct identifying it as Lophophora fricii? Turbinicarpus lophophorides

If anyone wants a cutting please PM me, this collection is more than 40 year old, all seed raised by a collector which is long dead and the son wants to sell all of his cacti, there are many other interesting plants there, problem is how to handle them, they are HUGE..: Ferocactus horridus f. brevispina Stenocereus? Any ID on the magnificent crest? Trichocereus peruvianoid, any positive ID? Stetsonia coryne forming a crest on one sterm Stenocereus? Arrojadoa aureispina? Any ID on this would be very helpful Cereus monstrous Needs ID Trichocereus pasacana? Trichocereus taquimbelensis or is it not?

Good luck man!

Thank you guys for the cheering replies! Half of what I know I owe you people! Those unknown trichs do seem to carry traits of different species so most of us agree they are a result of hybriziation, wish I knew more about them, the people I got these from couldn't help much. But thank you for helping me out with the ID! I guess my climate is one of the best for growing cacti outdoors, all the big ones(Trichs, myrtilos..) have been out all year long, the smaller ones I put inside for winter. San p, this cactus you point in the photo is Echinocereus rigidissimus var. rubrispinus. βluntmuffin, for most of the big clumns I use this mixture: 1/2 perlite/small lava rocks 1/4 compost/humus and 1/4 local sand rich in minerals(Hamra or limestone gravel). I don't use any chems on my plants, just add compost every year as organic ferts. Michael, about it being a tricho I'm 100% positive, taquimbelensis was my guess viewing photos - take a good look at the mother plant photos and the dry flowers/fruits I've uploaded to this post. 2 days ago I was very luck to visit some cacti collections and there where I was able to obtain some great new additions! Here they are: Notocactus glaucinus Can't get the ID with this cactus, it has some bizzare flowers Mammillaria pectinifera grafted pn Myrtillocactus geometrizans I was very lucky indeed, say hello to Trichocereus candicans, the grower noted it should be at least 7 years old, but probably more! Both are copiapoas, can anyone help me make out if they are of a different sp. or both the same? calderana or cinerea? Old man of the andes, is it Oreocereus trollii? I was lucky again to have this cutting fallen right under my fit! Another cool update, I counted 4 flower buds forming on this Trichocereus pachanoid/peruvianoid, could we get an exact ID when it flowers?

If anyone misses a copy PM me.

I don't see any difference in the color of stamens in your pic, mine are slightly more yellow, but look at the whole flower and the microscopic spines, these are jourds characteristics. This contradicts what was said about jourds, so it is possible there are more clones of jourd and some are not self-sterile or breed readily with other lophos.