have a look at what I found!

[criptonite]

I was renovating an old house and in the abandoned yard next door there was this huge 3m tall cactus with a dozon huge branches, it was growing in through the fence lol

a couple of the base branches were as thick as my leg and rotting badly, which coud kill the whole plant, I cut off the dead branches and helped myself to these two tips .........Is this a tric, pedro maybe? or a cereus? sure looks like my shamen australis bought pedro exept it has hardly any spines......and considering Im in Quensland Australia its even more of a mistery. no hairy flowers or buds to give it away sadly. andy opinions?

should I just eat one of those huge arms amd settle it hahaha .......would I be back in time for x mas?

[MORG]

Cereus sp. I would think.

[Ace]

Yep, the very thin ribs are a cereus feature. Always disappointing to see one of them monster sized cereus and get your hopes hung on it being pach Also, the tip growth is very cereus-looking. You get to know them quite well after spotting one or two. Dont go eating it unless you want a bit of nourishment (although you'll probably just blow chunks rather than get any nutritional content ). The fruit can be eaten and turned into jams. Commonly called the Peruvian apple cactus as the fruit resemble a very unusual apple and the taste is quite sweet.

BTW, welcome criptonite

[criptonite]

yea i had a feeling it was too good to be true Ill root the two arms out and add them to my collection, I have dozens of pedros which I rooted out from the original shamen australis cuttings over the past couple of years but their all about a foot tall, if i stacked them all end on end they would still be nothing compared to that monster I found

Thanks guys!!

Edited July 24, 2008 by criptonite

[Teotzlcoatl]

Don't worry, your Trichocereus will be that big in a couple of years!