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The variability of Trichocereus terscheckii

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So i have picked up a handful of what are labeled as tersecii seedlings over the past few years.

I can't help but notice the variability.

So i would just like to see what variety other folks have.

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Anxious to see how the seeds i have come along.

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I would love to see more posts cataloguing the diversity of terscheckii allied forms.

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Glaukus,

Thanks for playing.

Hope to see a bunch of other 2 to 3 year old tersecii's. Any age actually, I don't care.

Recently posted tersecii seedling in the sowing out thread, but will post more of the progress here. The mother is interesting, four feet tall with three branches.

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terscheckii 1post-14443-0-16224000-1413828016_thumb.j

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terscheckii 6and7post-14443-0-82944300-1413828167_thumb.jif one isn't as validus as hoped for

i think all my other terscheck's are seedlings

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jesse TH...I wonder how you & family mange to get into your house..............awesome collection...is that scale or scarring on t1?

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This is a terscheckii from SAB

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jesse TH...I wonder how you & family mange to get into your house..............awesome collection...is that scale or scarring on t1?

hehe thank you kindly :) , after repotting the collection i seem to have ended up with slightly more room x]

trying to decide whether to keep hunting new ones or save the room for airiness/future growth and to break up the monotony....

its scarring ( spidermiteflamethrowing and hairdryer burns from my noob days up until I learned how priceless ventilation was and EG told me me sulphur n alcohol tek simultaneously)

i have 4 of terscheckii 1 they are uk sourced and grown (valle fertil san juan) and they all got torched outside by the sun last april, the only ones that did too, all of the other cacti loved it though , most of them were from the EU where they had already had outdoor exposure or the equivalent

I guess?

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sowed some

Terscheckii MN 0531 E. Palos Blancos, 909, Tarija, Wuliwya , these apparently like to be spineless when larger...

and these two from the Silvery lands where apparently native languages may be lost, but the cacti remain

Terscheckii Estanzia Marzan 1100m P. La Rioja,

Terscheckii Valle Los Cerillos IVII 2655m P. Catamarca

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santiague%C3%B1o_Quechua

I know it's a long time ahead of them before seeing much in the way of features ... but I guess every little bit along the way counts

...and if mods stop editing my posts about cats ...without consent , ike some psycho bus driver, jerking the bus about swerving angrily ... x]

just for ringing their bell more than once

...and if I decide ...by the time that I do....that it hasn't pissed me off enough to give SAB the finger

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hhyS-pCrcY4

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Someone correct the title?

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okey here's 2 of mine.

one is 6 year old seed grown (US/nomad botanicals 2008 - sourced) . It has recently added ribs after being transplanted

the other I traded with a uk dude, so its from UK.

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So this guy has got me confused starting to throw pups around the base, it's got me wondering whether or not it might be a candicans x, Thoughts?

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could be pasacana. also could be taquimbalensis, but I doubt that

Call EG, he will have an answer

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Hey guys, I changed the title because it seriously messed with my OCD and hurt my eyes. The name is Trichocereus terscheckii.

Psylocaria, what you have there is a standard Trichocereus candicans. They are variable too and can look similar to Tr. terscheckii at an early age!

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EG, I would have to agree with you that due to the clustering of pups around the base, T. candicans would be indicated.

I however have a couple reservations against jumping to the conclusion that this is a straight candicans plant.

1. Spination and Ariola spacing is more consistent with tall Terscheckii specimens I've seen as opposed to what I've seen as the common candicans which I've seen in cultivation here in the desert southwest.

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2. The plant came from a whole highly variable group of seedlings Labeled as T. terscheckii from a vendor of which I have seen their mother plants, both of which flower in the same greenhouse. This makes me believe that it's highly likely that the seed batch is hybridize due to open pollination.

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I should add that some individual pasacanas and taquimbalensis can pup early on.

BUT

I think EG is right

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Yeah you know, let it grow for a while. This doesn´t have to be decided today. A Candicans doesn´t nearly get as big as a Terscheckii, so just observe and see how it goes. Personally, I think it has a different distance between the areoles, by far not as broad ribs as Tr. terscheckii and an overall untypical spination. Not speaking about the three pups, that are completely untypical for a Tr. terscheckii at that age too. So yeah, who knows. There are some types that are untypical, so just observe and keep us updated. As a general thing, I´d just recommend that you rather think of horse instead of Zebra when you hear hooves. That´s a saying that´s used in medicine. There are much more standard plants, that just happen to look a little bit untypical than hybrids. That can be caused by the environment, climate, watering cycle, daylight time, etc. That all influences a plant and often lead to weird plants. But that doesn´t make em a new species. But you never know and never say never. Time will tell...it´s a nice plant no matter what.

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Thanks for the input EG, The next time I have a chance to see the rest of my collection I will try to snap photos of what things have done over the last year.

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