Trichocereus poco (=Helianthocereus poco=Echinopsis tarijensis ref: CSSA?)

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Trichocereus pseudocandicans

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Trichocereus puquiensis

• Body: Bluish-green, erect to 13' (4m.) high, branches to 6” (15cm.) diameter.
• Ribs: 8-10
• Areoles/Spines: Areole .4” (1cm.) large, surrounded by a swelling but not surmounted by a horizontal furrow. Chestnut-brown spines at first, to 10 radial spines up to .75” (2cm.) long; usually 2 central spines, one more erect to 4” (10cm.), the other directed downward, to 3.1” (8cm.) long.
• Flowers/Fruit: White flowers to 6” (15cm.).
• Distribution: Above Puquio, Peru.

Trichocereus purpeominiata

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Trichocereus purpureopilosus

• Body: Low, colony forming with branches from below, stems semi-prostrate and ascending. Dark leaf-green branches to 12.5” (32cm.) tall, to 2.5” diameter.
• Ribs: 12, low.
• Areoles/Spines: Spines light horned-colored, carmine and thickened below; up to 20 thin radial spines to .25” (7mm.) long, 4-5 cruciform central spines to .25” (7mm.) long.
• Flowers/Fruit: White flower with a pink sheen to 8.25” (21cm.).
• Distribution: Sierra de Cordoba, Argentina.