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MeltingPenguin
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Registered: 08/29/01
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San Pedro ID
#530156 - 01/24/02 12:37 PM (21 years, 8 months ago) |
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i don't have a digi cam, i just wanted to know an sure fire ways to ID a pedro. I got it at home depot, it has six rives and each spine node has a major spur in the middle, and four little ones around it
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CLuB99
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Registered: 10/26/99
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there's plenty of pics over the internet just visit www.google.com and add san pedro as keywords....it works...really!;)
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CLuB99
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btw looks like you got the real stuff....but without a pic is quite difficult....
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Elektrolurch
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Also a good sign is if it grows fast, I mean really fast if you give it water. Sometimes about 30 to 50 cm a year. Maybe one mm above the spines there should be a small "furrow" , having a "V" form. This is characteristic for Trichocereus pachanoi. Elektrolurch
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AIRDOG


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Also the aureoles are placen in a kind of depression making the cactus look like a saw if seen by the side.
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MeltingPenguin
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Well it certainly grows fast. It looked in rather poor health when i got it two days ago, after watering it, it has noticable filled out already. Well, as soon as i get back to school next month i'll post a pic, not that it matters, if it is or not, i'll love it anyway!
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highdroponics
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hey, i am also having trouble identifying my cacti.
i have two which i as closely identified to T. pachonii as possible, they are in my pics at www.myspace.com/highdr0 - cactus one
they have 4 spines per aereol, dark brown in color, very small spaced about 1 inch apart toward the top, the cacti are a blueish-green color, one has 5 ribs the other 6, and have that V like thing that someone above mentioned.
i also have one in there that i think may be T. peru
i also need to know when these cacti are mature if they arent mature already.
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Brewmaster
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Registered: 09/27/06
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San pedro is very difficult to identify without a pic as there are a whole mess of other cacti that it could be mistaken for.
"Growing fast" doesn't tell you anything, all columnar cacti grow fast.
Highdro, I dont have Myspace so I can't look at your pics, but you do gots a real purdy mouf.
By mature, I assume you mean, when can I eat them. The answer is whenever. Trichocereus aren't like peyote, in that you need to wait until they're 14 years old. You'll need at least a pound of cactus for a good trip. You'll also want to leave a 3 inch stump to sprout more cacti, and you'll want to save the top 6 to 8 inches and root that. I'm only supersticious when it comes to drugs, but any time that I've eaten a whole column and didn't save the tip, I think I pissed off the spirit of Mescalito. Something bad always happens.
Show respect for your cactus.
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