Trichocereus taquimbalensis

• Body: Simple or branching from below or from the flank (if damaged?) to 8.2' (2.m.) high. Branches robust, dark green, to 6” (15cm.) diameter.
• Ribs: 9
• Areoles/Spines: Areoles whitish, .4” (1cm.) diameter, .6” (1.5cm.) apart. Spines thickened below, light brown at first, then gray. Eight to 13 radial spines, tapering to a fine point to .75” (2cm.) long. One stout central spine, porrect or directed downwards to 2.4” (6cm.) long.
• Flowers/Fruit: White flowers to 9” (23cm.) long. Dark green fruit, 1.6” (4cm.) diameter.
• Distribution: Cochabamba, Taquimbala, Bolivia.
• Subspecies: v. wilkeae: Radial spines to 1” (2.5cm.) long, partially stout, tapering to a fine point, curving, sometimes more or less hooked. Four thick, tapering to a fine point central spines, sometimes compressed, much thickened below. Sometimes all the spines are dark at the base and the tip. From Tupiza, Bolivia.

Trichocereus tarijensis

• Body: Huntington Botanical Gardens specimen.
• Ribs:
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Trichocereus tarmaensis

• Body: Dark green, branching from the base to 6.5' (2m.), branches around 4” (10cm.) diameter.
• Ribs: 8, to .75” broad, rounded.
• Areoles/Spines: Areoles gray, .3” (8mm.) large, appearing more sunken above (i.e., with a shallow, obliquely transverse depression). Spines horn colored at first, later gray. Two to 5 radial spines to 1.2” (3cm.) long, usually 1 central spine, projecting horizontally, to 4” (10cm.) long.
• Flowers/Fruit: White flower. Fruit to 1.6” (4cm.) diameter.
• Distribution: Tarma, Peru.