Cacti ID please

Discussion in 'Plants: Identification' started by caskal, Jan 21, 2012.

  1. caskal

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    Hi everyone,

    I wanted to ask all of you if can help me with an identification of a Cacti, the place is in north of Argentina (Catamarca)

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    Thanks!

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  2. mandarin

    mandarin Active Member 10 Years

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    I think it is some kind of Echinopsis, subgenus Trichocereus, a group that I am not particularly familiar with so I cannot guess what species it is.
     
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    Thanks mandarin, I was thinkin it was a Trinochereus Terscheckii too
     
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    Echinopsis subdenudata is the closest match I could find. Could not find any images of a mature specimen such as yours to further verify an id. Wonderful photos - thank you for sharing them
     
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    Thank you for the info SusanDunlap!
     
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    Echinopsis eyriesii - a friend who grows 1000's of Cacti suggested this one.... He also suggested E. oxygona is another possibility. I trust him to know more about the mature size.
     
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    1. Are we discussing one or two types? The plant in the upper pictures looks shorter and less spiny, but perhaps it is a younger version of the plant in the bottom pictures?

    2. What size are the plant(s)? E. eyriesii, oxygona and ancistrophora (subdenudata) are all much smaller than a typical Trichocereus.
     

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