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I dont understand what's the confusion

[edit out] I thought it might be horridus after all but no

there seem to be 3-4 strains or expressions of fred, crest being one of them.. check out cactus art site Snowfella what awesome suggestions! I am quite sure you missed 5, but other wise, very good, thanks... bombycina, elongata , bosacana (4) are spot on... again, thanks!!

no its not uncommon, especially in the form of upsize's 1st pic.. I have seen this in my specimens... that's how I did the areole graft after all, I cut a "tit"

awesome ! your eulychnia's new shoot seems to start doing the spiral thing: its supposed to be one of the rarest expressions of the plant

Thanks It seems there are several species with wide, stripped central ... I have grown latispinus in the past.. It seems to have the widest spine of them all, even though not as wide as in mine. WIll stick with latispinus (?) for now, it should bloom soon enough if its that...

this is one of my favourites, but it hasn't been well some time... obnviously should pamper this more any idea for what species could be related with extra wide spine, maybe half a cm at the base ? PS: NO HAIR , wrong title... this is not from the hairy cluster it seems...

Hmmm Zeds "pasacana" seems like and intermediate between "validus" (most spines downward) and terscheckii, given "validus" seems to exist in oz. But the almost tuberculate , wavy rib appearance perhaps also indicates chilensis (?) MM "pasacana" seems more like a pasacana , seeing how it also lacks the tubercled pheno. Just my thought though the book is "500 cacti: species and varieties in cultivation" (preston)

the last one seems to be the real deal /// made me think... tbc

I got 2 diffusas and they're very roundish... dunno , seems too titty , for a non-grafted plant... grow it out and update ;)

I wish I could make something with the pulp of of the fruits... thinking of perfume... where is that austrian dude ? [have drank beers today, yeah, my nephwe left, what do you want?]

this is for the dudes that say I rule...as a grafter , as a grower... I am lazy as fuck ... duuuudes... my favourite thing is cloning... ok , i am lying I like many things this is an "anus" -like termination, if we have to call it something... its interestering in that I have come across this growing mature pachanoi monsters lol for your information, I still got seed, and I was thinking of doing a giveaway for SAB anywayz so I could send some to some dude that didnt receive this in the first place... it should be fresh enough this is more like a two head or crest

that time of year: BRIGHT LINE

I just had some pics toshare, but I started reading the whole thread and there seems to be some shit to say.. first TH>> I tend to regard the 'validus' I sold to you a terscheckioid, only with sparcer spination and maybe larger girth and speed growth. we'll see... I was probably wrong to compare it to validus specimens we have seen from oz... Optimystic>> the "unknown ones" seem to be taquimbalensis var wilkae , fine cacti, finer than tersscheckii pasacana if you ask me, but they're not terschecki/pasacana... it seems lots of taq wilkae seed has been sold as werdermanianus.. EG>> you're not really a 'uniter' , huh? ==== ok now the pics terscheckiis, pasacanas and a taquimbalensis = taquimbalensis var wilkae = tacaquirensis var taquimbalensis ... terscheckii VS taquimbalensis in some sense terscheckiis and pasacanas can be confused... well not those two, right? ... but in this case, I was confused, but I start to make up my mind in this photo there are 2 suspect terscheckiis I mixed with the pasacana swarm and there's also the mysterious pasacanoid looking cactus, that EG once said it might not even be a tricho... well I am begining to feel its a pasacana , but dont nail it yet (besides, the only pasacanas I have seen is one large batch of seedlings II bought, some 100+ of them, at an age of 3~4 ? => which seem to have some variety , rightfully trusting my eye. but its the same batch as it seems) pasacanas are the most widespread of them all... maybe its the link between them all faties, maybe even chilensis... there should be other forms of the ones I got, which seem to be coming from a single or couple fruits the 'mysterious' one is of course the on the middle, the most blond, whitish... could it be the missing link between a spiny pasacana and a chilensis?? Gosh, i picked it from a local store when young, but boy its REALLY slow... and a quiz for the end ... tell the terscheckiis from the pasacanas

THIS THREAD NEEDS PICTURES!!! Taquimbalensis wilkae next to several of the cluster same, wet and dry spines same taq, with ~5.5 cm centrals next to terscheckii with some ~12 cm central

zed> Well I am no expert but I do find taquimbalensis wilka the best looking trichocereus and tend to notice its areoles and spines a lot... the most wild spination of the cluster by far! And after the areole close up IMO this is exactly what this is : a taquimbalensis wilkae which is either very beaten up or very dirty, or stale for a long time or even dead. What do you mean you dont know if its got roots? in any case, 13 cm is pretty nice, try to get it growing, you might own the taquimbalensis clone with the longest spines miicrom> yep chiloensis =chilensis a book I trust and like a lot says there are at least 3 distinct vars of chilensis since 8 inches are 20 cm, it might be narrowed down. for what its worth this is my specimen and what most specimens offered for sale look like IMO and with wet spines

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Hey since I got into reading and measuring spine lengths yesterday could you tell spine lengths? Zed, am I wrong, or there are swollen bases in that spines? I found a max length of 8 cm for taquimbalensis and I still am inclined to taq Micromegas, why isn't your specimen Chilensis? For one, older spines are white and new spines seem right too Really cant find many similarities between the two tbh

repotted some stuff along with my 4 y.o. adorable female nephew... (including 6Xnitro-bred monster seedlings) I hope all people can have this experience once in their lives... (gardening with the 4 y.o. nephew) today watered generously some dry pots, it seems its getting warmer here

doesnt look so terschekii more macrogonus I would say, its early to tell

was thinking ferocacactus too ... not horridus, f.wislizeni seems like a nice guess with persistent yellowish fruit but I cant see hooked or colour spines, nor hair

Went to see that older pic... it indeed looks like a chilensis or cuzcoensis - tricky pic!

I agree that Philo's specimen is taquimbalensis Trouts notes are not helping much with description, and moreover theres not description of chilensis my impression on how to tell the difference I have only got chilensis as seedlings.. not found but bought as such.. they grow very slowly and are prone to root rot if left wet in winter (like real cacti and all) - I have grown terscheckii from seed and taquimbalensis too , taquimbalenbsis are much much faster while chilensis are supposed to be slower than terscheckii I have similar sized pasacanas and terscheckiis and sometimes its possible for some terscheckiis to get confused with pasacanas.. But in my eyes, or at least my chilo specimens are pretty distinct, in speed of growth and phenotype. I think some of Philo's cacti are hardgrown, they often have a different look. Maybe its the photography, or ... the dust ? But the older spines are not white in that specimen and the truck is huge, wide PS: from another book comparing taquimbalensis and chilensis I am sure I got a taq with longer than 2.5. cm spines.. Anyways I would addchilensis has white or almost white older spination.. tell tell apart from the phenotype which seems to be more pointy in chilo than the roundy of taq. referring to ribs and tip and of course the swollen spine base of taq, perhaps more distinct in var. wilkae PS2: went for measurements both my biggy forma wilkae have up to 4.8 cm long central or central, the interesting difference I noted, while one strain, "Efi" , seems to have a distinct single central, the other specimen seems to have two or three bigger spines but its hard to call them centrals as they take wild directions , exactly as the words in italics indicate Also measured 3 cm centrals in smaller non wilkae specimens

If this is some Hericium sp. I have eaten once dried and they were bitter.. but they're suppoed to be eaten very fresh and young if you want mushrooms that taste like seafood, you have to try Amanitas rubescens or / and Coprinus comatus too.