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CactiHunter

Number of posts: 64 Location: SEQLD Registration date: 2008-04-04
 | Subject: ID please thanks Mon Apr 07, 2008 7:15 pm | |
| I got this as a tiny plant a couple years ago labelled pachanoi but the spines are growing so big I'm thinking it must be a peruvianus or something else. Any ideas? 
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trigonus Admin & Cactus Fiend

Number of posts: 881 Location: coastal NSW 1°C - 40°C Registration date: 2008-01-23
 | Subject: Re: ID please thanks Mon Apr 07, 2008 7:20 pm | |
| Can't see any pics CactiHunter  _________________ コレクタ
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CactiHunter

Number of posts: 64 Location: SEQLD Registration date: 2008-04-04
 | Subject: Re: ID please thanks Tue Apr 08, 2008 8:26 pm | |
| How's that? So whatcha reckon? pach or peruvianus... |
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trigonus Admin & Cactus Fiend

Number of posts: 881 Location: coastal NSW 1°C - 40°C Registration date: 2008-01-23
 | Subject: Re: ID please thanks Tue Apr 08, 2008 8:53 pm | |
| Definitely not a T. pachanoi. Looks more peruvianoid, could be a hybrid. Probably Trichocereus macrogonus. Nice looking cactus. _________________ コレクタ
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Teonanacatl

Number of posts: 30 Location: Townsville QLD Registration date: 2008-04-06
 | Subject: Re: ID please thanks Tue Apr 08, 2008 10:28 pm | |
| looks like a kk242 peruvianus/cuzcoensis/what ever it is now. kk242 is probably the best name  |
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trigonus Admin & Cactus Fiend

Number of posts: 881 Location: coastal NSW 1°C - 40°C Registration date: 2008-01-23
 | Subject: Re: ID please thanks Tue Apr 08, 2008 10:32 pm | |
| I was thinking it was one of those "KK242", the blueish epidermis threw me off a bit, mine are all pretty dark green. Bone coloured mature spines. _________________ コレクタ
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CactiHunter

Number of posts: 64 Location: SEQLD Registration date: 2008-04-04
 | Subject: Re: ID please thanks Wed Apr 09, 2008 12:17 am | |
| It is starting to look really nice. It could be a hybrid, it could be anything! I picked it up at Bunnings but It came from Hamiltons who are a bit funny with their tags sometimes. They prolly just threw in the pachanoi tag to move it out the door. So how long a spine can a long-spine pachanoi get anyway... Not that long right? |
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tobydoo
Number of posts: 7 Location: colorado Registration date: 2008-03-11
 | Subject: Re: ID please thanks Fri Apr 11, 2008 4:55 am | |
| | Teonanacatl wrote: | looks like a kk242 peruvianus/cuzcoensis/what ever it is now. kk242 is probably the best name  |
I'm with you on this. Too skinny for macrgronus. |
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CactiHunter

Number of posts: 64 Location: SEQLD Registration date: 2008-04-04
 | Subject: Re: ID please thanks Thu May 15, 2008 11:34 pm | |
| kk242... sounds good... what's it mean? |
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trigonus Admin & Cactus Fiend

Number of posts: 881 Location: coastal NSW 1°C - 40°C Registration date: 2008-01-23
 | Subject: Re: ID please thanks Fri May 16, 2008 11:21 am | |
| KK is Karel Knize a European collector who lives in Peru. The numbers "242" are collection numbers. Alot of confusion has arisen from his collection numbers over time, but some credit must be given to him as he put Trichocereus sp. on the map in a really big way. There are alot of other genera included in his numbering system too though. There is even a rare cactus species named in his honour Cintia knizei. Here is a link to his page: http://www.cactusknize.com/ _________________ コレクタ
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