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Getafix

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I realise this is a bit of a moot request but interested in your thoughts.

I have this labeled as T. Colossus which I'm not sure is a real name anyway plus it doesn't look like the pics when googling.

It's very fat, double the width of a wine bottle. New growth has short spines but the old growth has a very distinctive long central downward facing spine.

Anyway it's an interesting cacti and I look forward to it getting large and flowering.

Getafix

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Hi Getafix, colossus is a very rare clone that is floating around every now and then. I think I grow one and i bought it as Pachanoi. The plant in your Pics could very well be the colossus clone. Spination can look very variable and I am seeing similarities to it. Apart from that, it also looks a bit like the Plant that was labeled Trichocereus Longispinus. Very nice plant that could very well be from Ritters collection of Cereus Colossus. If it is not colossus, it is probably a Plant from Knize. How tall is it? Because small plants can show a different spination than large ones. Most colossus´ i´ve seen are very big and depending on how it was grown, it might look a bit different. What bothers me is the distance between the areoles, which looks a bit large for colossus. But the enviroment has a huge influence on that too so I would love to see this plant again when it´s bigger.

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Thanks EG, good info.

The plant is only about 400mm tall with the pup on top. Its a very fat mid cut which has rooted and pupped.

Just going to have to wait where this one goes!

Getafix

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You´re welcome. The distance between the Areoles is a lot shorter on the lower part so chances are that the plant might look more typical at a certain size. But yeah, if it stays like that, I don´t think it´s the typical Trichocereus colossus that is pictured in Trout´s Book. It´s a very interesting and rarely seen clone though.

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Reminds me of a plant that was sold to me as a short spined peruvian.

http://www.shaman-australis.com/forum/index.php?app=galleryℑ=3906

The new growth looks similar except the central spine on the old growth is about 25-30mm long

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The new growth looks similar except the central spine on the old growth is about 25-30mm long

Haven't got any pics but it has a long central spine the old growth too.

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