Trichocereus giganteus

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Trichocereus glaucus

• Body: Bush forming to 6.5' (2m.) with bluish then grayish green stems to 3.1” (8cm.) diameter branching from the base.
• Ribs: 7-9, notched.
• Areoles/Spines: Areoles to .3” (7.5mm.) large, gray, to .75” (2cm.) apart. Spines black, graying. Seven to 10 radial spines, stoutly needle-like, somewhat flattened, sometimes brown to .6” (1.5cm.) long. Central spines essentially erect, 3-6, to 3.1” (8cm.) long.
• Flowers/Fruit: Perfumed white or delicate pink flowers to 7.5” (19cm.) long. Fruit grass green with white pulp, 1.6” (4cm.) large.
• Distribution: Dept. Arequipa, along the lower Rio Tambo, on mountains and in the region of Ilo, Peru.
• Subspecies:v. pendens: Stems hanging or inclined and ascending, from the coastal cliffs near Arica, Chile. Backeberg feels this may be a variety of T. uyupampensis that was orphaned from it's relatives in southern Peru.

Trichocereus grandiflorus - B76(=Helianthocereus grandiflorus?)

• Body: Somewhat like T. camarguensis; slender, erect body with stems that are not as stout as T. spachianus.
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• Areoles/Spines: Spines “concolorous yellowish,” more or less equal. Center spines little projecting.
• Flowers/Fruit: Large white flower to 6.75” (17cm.) large, 9” (23cm.) (!) diameter.
• Distribution: Bolivia. Nota bene: May be T. lamprochlorus.

Trichocereus grandis

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