watertrade Posted October 27, 2005 Recently A friend and I woke up bleary eyed at a friends place to find this in the back garden. Should we be offering to remove this common pest from his garden?? Apologies for the blurred photos. If it helps the spines were next to non existent - just little coarse, fluffy patches Cheers Jim Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AndyAmine. Posted October 27, 2005 What a fucking monster! Looks Pachanoid to me but if you say the spines are next to not existant then maybe a Pach x Scop hybrid? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
strangebrew Posted October 27, 2005 Ahh, wouldn't it be lovely! But alas no, it's just a Cereus. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Andrew Posted October 27, 2005 I agree with strangebrew,its a cereus.Still a great looking stand of cactus. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
chilli Posted October 28, 2005 Yeah, I remember about three years ago, when I had just found out about Pachanois and other hallucinogenic Trichs, I found a huge stand of cereus very similar to these - I had my doubts, as they looked quite different from Pachanoi, but not enough to deter me and my brother from chopping some off and making a soup out of it. It was quite nice actually, it tasted a little like zucchini or something... Well, not exactly nice, but it was like lemonade in comparison to the actual taste of Pachanoi extract, which I only experienced for the first time a couple of weeks ago. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dodie Posted October 28, 2005 Bet the pach stew woulda been a surprise for you then chilli... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Rev Posted October 28, 2005 Just goes to show what a bit of time can do now imagine if people had been planting useful trichocereus instead of cereus all these years... i think in a few years well see alot more monster scop finds simply cos the aussie cactus trade has been churning them out via bunnings for so long they soon outgrow their tiny mixed planting dishes and hopefully will be the 'cactoid alligators of suburbia' well i do my bit anyway.. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites