Trichocereus bruchii

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Trichocereus cajasensis

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Trichocereus camarguensis

• Body: Columnar, light green to 20” (50cm.) high. Branches curving, ascending. Apparently closely resembles T. strigosus.
• Ribs: 14, very low.
• Areoles/Spines: 12-13 radial spines to 1.2” (3cm.); 2-3 central spines to 2” (5cm.); spines needle-like, yellow or ash colored.
• Flowers/Fruit: Flowers white, to 8” (20cm.) large. Fruit spherical or ovoid, .75” (2cm.) diameter.
• Distribution: Cinti (near Camargo), Bolivia.

Trichocereus candicans

• Body: Erect or upcurving, yellowish-green up to 30” (75cm.) large. Forms colonies up to 10' (3m.) wide.
• Ribs: 9-11, broad, low and rounded or obtuse.
• Areoles/Spines: Areoles large, white felted when young, .75-1.2” (2-3cm.) apart. 10-12 radial spines, unequal size to 1.5” (4cm.); 4 central spines, longest 4” (10cm.). Spines taper to a fine point, brownish yellow, more or less mottled.
• Flowers/Fruit: Flowers are large, funnelform, to 8” (20cm.), white and strongly perfumed. Fruit is ellipsoid-spherical, splitting on one side.
• Distribution: Northern Argentina (around Mendoza).
• Subspecies: v. gladiatus: bluish to pale green, to 25.5” (65cm.) high with very little branching. Up to 13 radial spines to 2”, 1-4 central spines. Spines yellow, often banded red or red below, sometimes twisted. v. tenuispinus: intense bluish-green, less freely branching up to 33.5” (85cm.) high. Spines faded yellow, brownish-red below, all thin and rather short.