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Soehrensia smrziana / Trichocereus smrzianus

So here’s an unboxing video that I recorded a few years ago. This plant is absolutely amazing and has since then flowered a few times and gave me seeds with top notch parents like Flying Saucer. The species was once listed as Trichocereus smrzianus, then Echinopsis smrziana and now it´s Soehrensia smrziana. Lovely plants that…

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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 that went more into detail. Trichocereus shaferi pups from the base and reaches a size of 1-1,5 meters. The plant grows halfway prostrate or…

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Echinopsis thelegonoides / Trichocereus thelegonoides

Echinopsis thelegonoides is a rare columnar cactus from Argentina. It is NOT THE SAME SPECIES as Trichocereus thelegonus. However, these two species might very well be related, and it´s even likely since they have such a similar rib structure and equally large flowers. The flowers are very beautiful, white and can be used for hybrid…

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