In this video I pollinate a cactus flower, in particular the flower of a Trichocereus and collect pollen in the process. By pollinating your plants, you make sure that you get lots of seeds from …

Trichocereus hybrid ‘Yellow California’. Legendary classic and a sister plant from the California hybrids such as Flying Saucer, Orange California etc. Great classic that keeps pumping out amazing offspring. This is the clone that came …

Trichocereus Hybrid Wörlitz x (Trichocereus candicans x Buena Vista) by Uwe Kahle. One of my best hybrids this year. The center almost glows, and the coloring is just perfect. Excellent example for a great hybrid. …

Trichocereus hybrid Fugu x (Cantora Orange x Cantora Gelb) by Uwe Kahle. KA 2011.0089.04 I personally like this one, and will keep it. Cantora came through very dominantly in this cross, and it doesn’t have …

Trichocereus litoralis – Echinopsis chiloensis ssp. litoralis This beautiful Trichocereus species is definitely closely related to Trichocereus chiloensis and the current taxonomy is treating it as a variety or subspecies to it. Trichocereus litoralis always …

Trichocereus tarijensis / Echinopsis tarijensis The species trichocereus tarijensis, also known as Echinopsis tarijensis or Trichocereus poco, is a columnar cactus. Today it is separated through various subspecies that all count as part of Trichoereus …

Trichocereus thelegonus / Echinopsis thelegona Friedrich & Rowley Trichocereus thelegonus, also known as Echinopsis thelegona, is a columnar Trichocereus species from Argentina. Pic: Noah Reams Origin: Argentina, Tucumán, Salta, 5500-1100 meters altitude Synonyms: Trichocereus thelegona, …

Trichocereus Facebook Group Echinopsis Growers Worldwide Hi guys, today I wanted to give you a preview from our Trichocereus Facebook group called Trichocereus & Echinopsis growers worldwide. It is one of the oldest Trichocereus groups …

Trichocereus angelesii / Echinopsis angelesii or angelesiae Trichocereus angelesii, also known as Echinopsis angelesii or Echinopsis angelesiae, was originally described by Friedrich Ritter as a white flowering variety of Trichocereus strigosus / Trichocereus strigonus, until …

Trichocereus werdermannianus / Echinopsis werdermanniana Trichocereus werdermannianus, also known as Echinopsis werdermanniana, is a columnar Trichocereus species from Bolivia. It is a close relative of Trichocereus terscheckii and I consider it an intermediate species between …

Trichocereus Validus Monv. aka Echinopsis Valida Trichocereus validus, also known as Echinopsis valida, is a columnar cactus that´s closely related to Trichocereus terscheckii. I consider it a form, variety or subspecies of Echinopsis terscheckii. Which …

Trichocereus tarmaensis / Echinopsis tarmaensis Trichocereus tarmaensis Rauh & Backeberg – Deser. Cact. Nov. 20. 1956 Trichocereus tarmaensis is a close relative of Trichocereus cuzcoensis that was described as a separate species. There are various …

Trichocereus grandiflorus / rowleyi (Echinopsis grandiflora) Trichocereus grandiflorus is a cactus from the genus Trichocereus. Its status is highly questionable as a correct species and the opinions are as varied as the names it carried. …

Trichocereus knuthianus (Echinopsis knuthiana) Trichocereus knuthianus is a plant that can be found in many parts of Peru. As a species, it is much more diverse than the clone that it is mostly reduced to …

Trichocereus huascha (Echinopsis huascha) Trichocereus huascha, also known as Echinopsis huascha, is an Argentinian Trichocereus species that looks very similar to Trichocereus spachianus, Trichocereus grandiflorus, Trichocereus shaferi and Trichocereus schickendantzii. However, there are important differences …

Trichocereus skottsbergii / Echinopsis skottsbergii (T. chiloensis) Trichocereus skottsbergii Backeberg, also called Echinopsis skottsbergii, is a columnar cactus that is closely related to Trichocereus chiloensis / Echinopsis chiloensis. Under current taxonomy it is placed as …

Trichocereus smrzianus / Echinopsis smrziana Backeberg described Trichocereus smrzianus / Echinopsis smrziana in his KAKTUS ABC, a book that did not get a very wide release. Besides the description is highly controversial because it basically …

Trichocereus deserticolus (Echinopsis deserticola) Trichocereus deserticolus, also known as Echinopsis deserticola, is a columnar cactus from Chile. This species also includes Trichocereus fulvilanus / Echinopsis fulvilana as a subspecies of Echinopsis deserticola now. Trichocereus deserticolus …

Trichocereus cuzcoensis – Echinopsis cuzcoensis Trichocereus cuzcoensis is a Trichocereus species from Cusco in Peru. It is described as from Cusco and in sense  of the description plants only count as being part of this …

Trichocereus chiloensis (Echinopsis chiloensis) T.chilensis Trichocereus chiloensis, also known as Trichocereus chilensis or Echinopsis chiloensis, is a columnar cactus from Chile. It is closely related to Trichocereus terscheckii and something like the Chilean version of …

Trichocereus glaucus – Echinopsis glauca Trichocereus glaucus, also known as Echinopsis glauca, is a Peruvian Trichocereus species described by Friedrich Ritter. Trichocereus glaucus – Foto: Friedrich Ritter Origin of Trichocereus glaucus: Peru ( South Peru …

Trichocereus riomizquensis RITTER (Echinopsis) Trichocereus riomizquensis is a Bolivian Trichocereus species that is closely related to Trichocereus bridgesii. I count it as a close relative and potential regional form of Trichocereus bridgesii, which is only …

Trichocereus santaensis / Echinopsis santaensis descriptions Trichocereus santaensis is columnar cactus and species described by Curt Backeberg and Werner Rauh. It is endemic to the Santa Valley in Peru. There are many different forms that belong …

Trichocereus scopulicola / Echinopsis scopulicola Trichocereus scopulicola is a Bolivian Trichocereus species. Trichocereus scopulicola FR991 (Rodni Kisar) Synonyms of Trichocereus scopulicola: Echinopsis scopulicola, Trichocereus cv. Super Pedro, Trichocereus scopulicolus, Trichocereus scopulicola NMCR, Trichocereus cordobensis, Trichocereus …

Trichocereus camarguensis / Echinopsis camarguensis Trichocereus camarguensis, also known as Echinopsis camarguensis, is a Bolivian cactus from Camargo. Synonyms of Trichocereus camarguensis: Echinopsis camarguensis, Trichocereus caulescens, Echinopsis caulenscens Trichocereus camarguensis is a thin Cactus that …

Trichocereus vollianus / Echinopsis volliana Trichocereus vollianus, also known under it´s currently valid name Echinopsis volliana, is a columnar cactus from the genus Trichocereus. It is a very interesting plant and there is only little …

Trichocereus shaferi (Echinopsis shaferi) The name Trichocereus shaferi was described by Britton and Rose in the 1920s and lacked some important information. However, there were some later descriptions by Friedrich Ritter, Curt Backeberg/Rauh and Werdermann …

Trichocereus andalgalensis / Echinopsis huascha v. andalgalensis Synonyms: Echinopsis andalgalensis, Lobivia andalgalensis, Cereus andalgalensis, Cereus huascha var. rubriflorus, Trichocereus huascha var. rubriflorus Trichocereus andalgalensis has a weird & complicated history. The name first appeared in …

Trichocereus sp. ‘Isla del Sol’ (Echinopsis) This population from the Bolivian island ‘Isla Del Sol’ belongs into the distant complex of Trichocereus bridgesii / Echinopsis lageniformis. However, it is currently discussed whether or not this …