Trichocereus Chiloensis or Atacamensis??.

[sascacheuan]

Hello,

Long time ago, a chilean contact sent me a packet of trichocereus atacamensis seeds. Now the plants are three years old, two of them grafted onto pereskiopsis, and they seem to me more chiloensis than atacamensis.

I almost prefer that they may be chiloensis, i have read that are more cold hardy than Atacamensis, and mor tolerant to wet soils.

What do you think?? Atacamensis or Chiloensis?.

[bℓσωηG]

awesome!

[M S Smith]

Looks more like Echinopsis deserticola, aka Trichocereus fulvilanus, but if either chiloensis or atamamensis it would appear to be the former.

http://www.desert-tropicals.com/Plants/Cactaceae/Echinopsis_deserticola.htmlhttp://www.desert-tropicals.com/Plants/Cactaceae/Echinopsis_deserticola.html

~Michael~

Edited June 19, 2013 by M S Smith

[Evil Genius]

Could be Deserticola aka Fulvianus like Michael Suggested. Deserticola has dark spines leaning towards red and grows thinner than Chilensis. The coloration here reminds me of Chilensis but the general appearance of the Plant screams Deserticola. Maybe post pics later to see how thick it gets when its bigger. Had a pretty large Deserticola and it didnt look anything like Chilensis at that size.

[sascacheuan]

Thank you MSSmith and Evil Genius, I have searched images of deserticola and i found several that looks like so much to mine.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/cactushorridus/311385999/