T.validus

awesome!....where did this specimen originate? my one i got from "a vendor" looks not like this at all , more like a cuzco

nice garden bro

Thanks peeps, this cut came from Fields farm, would have loved one a bit bigger but the plant is huge and pretty tough to get a nice cut a few meters up without a couple of extra people helping, may be next time.

That is a really nice cactus. What's the one in the background with all the basal pups?

This looks like the "Terscheckii" short spine that I have:

If yours is indeed a Validus, then I'd say mine is probably too. Does that look to be the case?

That is a really nice cactus. What's the one in the background with all the basal pups?

Thats a rosei2

This looks like the "Terscheckii" short spine that I have:

If yours is indeed a Validus, then I'd say mine is probably too. Does that look to be the case?

Really hard to tell ATM, could be, is that a rooted cutting or seed grown? might have to give it a few years to be sure

It's seed grown. But I have had the privilege of seeing much older plants, and they matched your Validus even more closely (i.e. longer, darker spines).

I thought it might be. That basal pupping is crazy! Did you induce it or is it natural?

Nah all natural, most of the plants that are in the ground have thrown pups this season.

That's awesome man. Can you take a pic of the pupping?

That's awesome man. Can you take a pic of the pupping?

Yeah mate, up now.