Posted on

Trichocereus hybrids (Echinopsis)

There are all kinds of Trichocereus hybrids out there and I am happy to show you a couple of the resulting crosses on this page. I will try to update this page as often as I can, to show you what others grew from a certain cross. Now let me add a little bit of…

Read more

Posted on

Trichocereus bridgesii / Echinopsis lageniformis in Bolivia

Echinopsis lageniformis or Trichocereus bridgesii is probably THE dominant Trichocereus species in Bolivia. Yes, there are others but this species pretty much reflects the Bolivian counterpart to its Peruvian sister species like Trichocereus pachanoi and Trichocereus peruvianus. The populations usually get up to 4-5 meters tall and form large groups. This plant is probably one…

Read more

Posted on

Trichocereus pachanoi in Bolivia?

When people refer to Trichocereus pachanoi Bolivia, they usually mean populations of Echinopsis pachanoi in Bolivia. But much unlike popular belief, most of those plants are actually closer to Trichocereus bridgesii than to Trichocereus pachanoi. Both of these species are sister species and closely related, but they are not the same species. However, both species…

Read more