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The overall form is odd. The spines are the best telltale - no peruvian tricho has bone-white spines in that radial layout like that, especially the double long spine. Hard to explain exactly, it just doesn't look like one based on my experience with hundreds of trichs in the last few years.

That top plant does not look like a Tricho. I'm pretty sure it's a Stenocereus.

Mammillaria gracilis v. fragilis They grow prolifically

Looks identical to my young bridgesii's, even down to the lack of V notches. They will come with age, as per PD's suggestion. *When I say identical I mean well within the bounds of genetic diversity I've seen in my brigesii seedlings

Indeed it is a cereus sp. plant

san-p - T.Strigosus crest - want to trade/sell me one of yours?

I think this one: http://www.shaman-australis.com/forum/uploads_gallery/1301368879/med_gallery_6263_256_460.jpg is actually the one I now have in my possession Where did you get that huasca is synonymous with pecheretianus?

Yeah, that doesn't look good at all. It's either extremely stressed, or under attack from some sort of infection. If I were you I'd get it out of the rain/weather (if it isn't already), and give it a few cycles of good fertilizer such as miracle-gro (a cycle being feed - wait to dry - feed again). If it's no better in a couple of weeks, or if it starts to get worse I'd cut just above the big scar at the bottom to see if there's any discolouration internally. Treat the cuts with sulphur. If there's no orange/purple discolouration wait a couple of weeks for it to dry off, then plant again in fresh soil, but do not water till spring. If there is discolouration, you could try more cuts to see if you can get to a point where it's clear, or you could just let it dry off while observing.

Hey coryWA - the first two photos don't look like a scop - they look like a poorly maintained Pach to me. You can see it's been growing only 6 inches a season which is a definite sign of poor care/conditions. Give it some proper care and you'll soon find out what a nice example grows like. With a plant in the ground or decent cacti mix should put on 12" a year per branch at that size, and be a lot fatter. Definitely repot it into good soil, or put it in the ground. It may take a year or two to recover from what it's been through, but some good fertilizer will help.

Spectacular! Again, thanks for sharing them!

Just added a couple more photos of mine. I really should take some better ones of it, it's an awesome plant. Mine's coming up 5+ feet tall, so I've told it to flower this year. Will report back around christmas

Hi Philo, that blue pachanoi like plant is T.Argentensis As eeen in my garden too:

Prices are not taken from the sky. They are taken from the marketplace. Supply and demand is what determines price. In order for any cactus to demand a high price (ie >$100) it needs to be exceedingly rare (TBM is not), or very old (one your size can be acquired in 2-3 years from a single section cutting). Your cactus is priced at approximately double what it would sell for in a reputable nursery (and it would come with pot not a paper towel!). Good luck with your sale. You'll need to find some sucker to rip off, luckily ebay has plenty.

I think you're right it's an echinopsis. How tall is it? I have some closing in on a metre, but they look quite different.

This peruvian hybrid thing 'Martin'

Welcome aboard, and thanks for sharing your beautiful plant photos!

Looks awesome Marcel, and don't worry you will be able to remove it from the pot with the help of a sharp knife and the expense of a few roots, as I'm sure you're aware

Also, a lot of people looked at me weird when I requested sulphur powder, but when I said 'flowers of sulphur' they knew exactly what I wanted

Wow, what a mad collection. Very impressed by the taquimbelensis, i had no idea what their mature adult growth was like

Not familiar with any Trichs that have soft spines...

Yowie. The plant is mental. It seems to throw all energy into growth, and none into protecting itself from infections, hence it is fast growing but susceptible to more ailments than any other trich I own!

Freakin Buddha's temples are so expensive

It is KK sourced for the most part, but Martin doesn't trust the KK IDs either, he's been getting independant IDs for any KK stuff.

The super spiny is definitely not the same plant that he labels bridge... The bridge has much thinner columns.

The first is not taquimbalensis - the new growth should have reddish spines, older are grey. Spines go red when wet. I can't remember the label that Martin put on it, but I checked it online and it appeared correct. The second is Martin's eight limbed bridgesii (I think?), which most agree is a bridge hybrid. Spination is peru-like, but overall form suggests bridge. Third is Martin's Cuzcoensis, distinctive due to the parallel downward spines. BTW, did you buy all those plants?