Possible for Trichocereus to cross with Cereus?

[zee_werp]

Hi all

Probably a stupid question here, but I was wondering if it is possible for a Cereus to cross with a Trichocereus?

I know that some other cactus genus can cross with other genuses but not sure if it can happen between these two.

The reason I ask is because I just stumbled upon this photo which looks freakishly similar to Trichocereus KK242, although it is clearly a Cereus. Is it possible that a Cereus species crossed with a Trich to form KK242, and if this is possible maybe that could account for the reported low potency of KK242?

Just a thought.

Cereus forbesii

From http://www.cactus-succulents.com/cereus-forbesii.jpg

[Ymir]

ooooh, very interesting theory. i cant say that i know for sure, however it does look similar to this: hxxp://www.desert-tropicals.com/Plants/Cactaceae/Cereus_huilunchu.jpg

Cereus huilunchu

similar spination, but different rib structure. im certainly interested to find out now ......hmmm need a cacti nerd smiley.

[Gunter]

I have heard of Trich X Cereus hybrids, but they seem rare.

I wonder if that could be one?

[faslimy]

interesting

here is one of mine, does it look similar? I like that cereus, looks nice

[zee_werp]

Is that a KK242? Its got real yellow spines - a great specimen as usual. I can see some significant similarity between those two.

But check this out. Compare these T. peruvianus [sic] from Basement Shaman with the cereus in the original post in this thread:

[Rev]

probably

ive seen pics of Trichocereus epiphyllum crosses!

if u can do that then who knows what is possible

there is of course the unreolved matter of the active S hystrix