Pacha Posted January 4, 2010 (edited) Hello dear mates, This speciemen is growing at a friend's garden. It was given to him by a serious collector who titled it simply as "San Pedro" without giving the name of the specific Trichocereus clone. I see obvious bridgesii characteristics in spination, yet something in the looks of the column and rib formation feels not bridgesii like exactly, what can you make out of these pics? It resembles somehow the predominate cultivar clone. I remember reading Michael's ideas that the PC and bridgesii are closely related, is it possible that this is the missing link? Edited January 4, 2010 by Pacha Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mutant Posted January 4, 2010 (edited) It resembles somehow the predominate cultivar clone. hmm, true, the tip's ribs formation resemble a bit PC clones Edited January 4, 2010 by mutant Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
M S Smith Posted January 4, 2010 Well maybe not the "missing link," but quite possibly a PC x T. bridgesii cross. Damn, you Australian's really have some cool plants. Mikey likes it. ~Michael~ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
PD. Posted January 4, 2010 lol, he is in the middle east Michael, but yes, we do have cool plants here in Au Id cut that and check out the new growth on it and see how it looks grown in a diff locale. I agree with MS though, could very possibly be a X of the 2 said plants. Its a san pedro. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Pacha Posted January 5, 2010 (edited) Thanks for the replies! Yeah, I'm in the middle east. We do have cool plants grown here, many old trich collectors who started from scratches decades ago have gardens with massive trichs nowadays, passing them on to a new generation of collectors. I will try to get a cutting for my own and take some photos of the mother plant of this trich and also information of its origins from the original collector. It may be bridgeXpc, but I wouldn't call off a possibility of a rare trich form that was originally collected in the wild. Edited January 5, 2010 by Pacha Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Chiral Posted January 5, 2010 Well as it goes I have a plant that is remarkably similar to this one...its not it quite as good condition but it's a dead ringer for Pacha's I'll take a pic tomorrow and post for y'all. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Quill Posted January 15, 2010 love the rib formation at tip Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Chiral Posted January 17, 2010 This is the plant I have that is similar..told yuz it was in bad condition, it's finally comin good though...same plant...? hard to say..the shape is similar but the spination maybe off...will update with more pics when the thing gets a wriggle on and grows a bit. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Pacha Posted January 17, 2010 Doesn't look that similar Chiral, yours resembles more the typical bridgesii rib style, areole and spinal structure. Gonna get photos of the mother plant soon and luckily some cuttings to grow. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sharxx101 Posted January 19, 2010 Hello dear mates, This speciemen is growing at a friend's garden. It was given to him by a serious collector who titled it simply as "San Pedro" without giving the name of the specific Trichocereus clone. I see obvious bridgesii characteristics in spination, yet something in the looks of the column and rib formation feels not bridgesii like exactly, what can you make out of these pics? It resembles somehow the predominate cultivar clone. I remember reading Michael's ideas that the PC and bridgesii are closely related, is it possible that this is the missing link? Looks a bit like J1 to me, nice cactus Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mescalito Posted January 19, 2010 Yeah the rib formation's not quite right but close as far as spination goes except Pacha's has a more defined center one that's much longer I'd love to seee her when she comes good and see if the centre spine starts growing down and longer tho. Would love a pup when she's ready NICE Beautiful specie there Pach do you have a group photo or some more for us Aussies to drool over? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Pacha Posted January 19, 2010 Hey there, thanks for the nice feeds. Your aussie plants got me drooling as well. I wish we could share our collections and knowledge... It is winter here and they are all dormant. Spring starts on April and I will update some growth pics when I can. Meanwhile, another friend of mine got me puzzled about a different bridgesoid he's growing. This one as you can see is highly etiolated but is getting fatter lately. I suspect it is a similar hybrid as well, but too young to tell. What do you guys think? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Teotzlcoatl Posted January 19, 2010 The cacti in the original post first stuck me as a peruvianiod. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
