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Bruce – Trichocereus bridgesii / Echinopsis lageniformis

Echinopsis lageniformis Bruce Trichocereus bridgesii

BRUCE is a beautiful Trichocereus bridgesii aka Echinopsis lageniformis with very broad ribs and a funny spination. Just like many other, it is a Trichocereus hybrid of Australian origin. Because of the broad ribs, this plant tends to have relatively few ribs. Most plants I´ve seen had between 4 and 6 ribs. The mother plant goes back…

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Trichocereus ‘Rod’ (Echinopsis)

The Australian SAB Clone ROD is a rather rare Ecuadorian Trichocereus pachanoi. This plant comes from the type locality of the species in Ecuador. You can recognize Ecuadorian Pachs by the color epidermis and the unique areole shape. In addition, they sometimes have longer spines than the Peruvian ones, but this does not apply to…

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Trichocereus ‘Zeus’ (Echinopsis)

Parents: unknown. Zeus looks very much like an Ecuadorian Trichocereus. Origin of the Plant The ZEUS clone is a rare clone that spread throughout the collections thanks to SAB members like Aplantis (now www.greencandygenetics.com) and Misplant. It´s originally from Egypt and was brought into circulation by SAB member Philocacti. Philocacti found the clone 14 years…

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