another unknown echinopsis (trich)

[paradox]

i bought a banisteriopsis caapi vine from a dude on ebay a while back.

he took ages with the transaction so he sent me two of these little fella's to make up for it.

all he said was "sorry etc etc, so i have given you these 2 trichocereus spp".

no idea which species! anyone out there think you know?

appreciate your thoughts

cheers

para

[incognito]

hard to tell at that age really.

guessing im saying pachanoi or preruviana, but really bit of a toss up until they start maturing.

[teonanacatl]

kk242 peruvianus

[paradox]

kk242?

[Auxin]

KK242 is a Trich Knize found when looking for abnormal T. peruvianus specimines. I believe it is generally regarded as a misidentified T. cuzcoensis specimen today. M S Smith has commented on this matter on numerous sites, for example: link tho I remember him going into much greater depth at the nook or ethnobotany.com

[paradox]

cuzcoensis if definately my best guess so far!

[strangebrew]

It's young but I'd still guess the dude has done alright by you and sent you a genuine peruvianus of sorts.

[M S Smith]

This is certainly not the "T. peruvianus KK242 (T. cuzcoensis?)" sort of Trichocereus. I'm with my friend strangebrew that this is a "genuine peruvianus of sorts."

~Michael~

[paradox]

i just want to add that the mother stumps have 9 ribs while the pups have 7.

is it common for young peruviana's to have 9 ribs?

[toby]

Hey ,

If it's the guy i think it is, he purchased the seed as Trich' pachanoi, and labelled them as T sp. when the plants grew and didn't appear to be pachanoi, peruvianus sounds good though they do have a bit of macrogonus about them as they age..