Is there any possible way this is not a T. Pachanoi?

[Quixote]

Found this little guy in a store today, but the girl working there told me it was not a San Pedro cactus. She said it was a species that looks very similar but is not the real deal.

I don't see how that could be possible. To my eyes, it looks like a typical Pedro, not a Cuzco, but I need your help, because a friend wants to buy it as a birthday present for someone. Please give me your opinion.

Edited February 26, 2016 by Quixote

[modern.shaman]

Pachanoi indeed ... maybe she is hinting that it is PC clone?

[Quixote]

Pachanoi indeed ... maybe she is hinting that it is PC clone?

No, she didn't seem that knowledgeable about the finer points of Pachanoi really.

But she said that they didn't sell the real San Pedro because they are illegal and the shop could get a fine.

So even though - to me - it looks like a predominant cultivar Pedro, I started to wonder if there could be some other species that looks just like it, or if they are just saying it's not a real Pachanoi to avoid trouble with the "law"?

Edited February 26, 2016 by Quixote

[Quixote]

I even asked her if she could find out what the latin name of this species is, if it's not a T. Pachanoi. She promised me to check up on it and call me. Now I wonder if they think I'm some undercover cop, haha

[☽Ţ ҉ĥϋηϠ₡яღ☯ॐ€ðяئॐ♡Pϟiℓℴϟℴ]

reminds me of how this one arrived and is a lovely french pachanoi whom i love dearly ..

incidentally , does anyone know the right way to pronounce pachanoi ?

pashanwa? passionoy? pakkanoy? pashernoey? or does it not really matter?

by the way if you aren't aware these trichocereus make we call pachanoi make comes in several different models , some very distinct , some not..

if you were aware , sorry mate , just tryna help

oh yeah piccies fast before my electric witchy cauldron of broth boils over ...

[Berengar]

incidentally , does anyone know the right way to pronounce pachanoi ?

/pa: hæˈnɔɪ/

Or, if you don't know IPA, something like Pa-Hanoi (as in the Vietnamese city).

[Caudata]

I'm pretty sure it's named after the Chan Chan valley in Ecuador where it was first classified in European botany so pa-chan-oi is the correct pronunciation. I call it pack-annoy though because I'm from the US.

And yeah the op is definitely a pachanoi

[modern.shaman]

Echinopsis pachanoi...

I wasn't aware that they were not legal in EU? If you were in AU I would have given you that response.

Pach-anne is how I always read it but that is wrong.

[Quixote]

Thanks for replies so far, anyone here think it's not a Pachanoi?

[Quixote]

by the way if you aren't aware these trichocereus make we call pachanoi make comes in several different models , some very distinct , some not..

if you were aware , sorry mate , just tryna help

I am aware of it, but no worries. To me, it looked like a PC Pachanoi from the first moment I saw it, but I just wanted to make sure, since the storekeeper was so certain it wasn't one.

I feel pretty certain about ID'ing these cacti now, but it's always good to be humble and accept that there are more varieties of these plants between heaven and earth than even a cactus lover has dreamt in his wisdom...

[Berengar]

It is a pachanoi beyond a shadow of a doubt, the girl just didn't want to be implicated in selling an illegal drug. They would definitely much rather sell it to some old woman who thinks it's pretty than to someone who knows what it is and would abuse it in some illegal way.

I'm sure I would have done the same, adamantly deny it was a pachanoi even if I knew it was one.

[2XB]

She said it wasn't San Pedro? Or did she say it wasn't Pachanoi?

[DiscoStu]

incidentally , does anyone know the right way to pronounce pachanoi ?

pashanwa? passionoy? pakkanoy? pashernoey? or does it not really matter?

it's pronounced patch-o-noodles

PATCH-O-NOODLES

[pinegapcontrol]

pretty sure that chan chan business is mis information.

"Named by Dr Rose for Abelardo Pachano Lalama, a travelling companion."

quote from an ebay listing so yeah, take it with a grain of salt.

Edited February 27, 2016 by pinegapcontrol

[☽Ţ ҉ĥϋηϠ₡яღ☯ॐ€ðяئॐ♡Pϟiℓℴϟℴ]

been suspecting mine was a pc for years but i dont have a real PC to compare it with , and nowadays i no longer suspect it being a PC

[slice]

the answer is no. do you know how to pronounce Pancho Villa? Well...Pachanoi is the same, just don't say Panchanoi ;)

Edited February 27, 2016 by Ogun

[Quixote]

She said it wasn't San Pedro? Or did she say it wasn't Pachanoi?

She said it "wasn't San Pedro". Because they didn't want to sell anything illegal.