Trichocereus Peruvianus "Huanuco or Ayacucho"

Trichocereus Peruvianus „Huanuco or Ayacucho“

Hi Guys, another cool Trichocereus peruvianus. Similar plants are shown in Trout´s San Pedro book on page 179, though that´s not the same plant. The ones in Trout´s book go back to Middleton, who collected two almost identical types around Ayacucho and Huanuco. But since there were other collectors that were collecting and selling seeds from this area in Peru too, it´s pretty much impossible to track this plant back to a certain collector/wholesaler. Believe me, I tried! Most of the labels are usually lost after one generation, which was the case with this plant too. I got this for my shop from another grower because I saw something special in it and this is only the second one from that area that I came across in five years. Please note that this type is NOT the same as Trichocereus huanucoensis (though it´s from that area too and has similar V-notches), which is more like some broad ribbed version of Trichocereus Pachanoi while this one rather is some kind of a non-Cuzcoensis Peruvianus. Have a look at the weird shield-shaped areoles, the strong Huanucoensis-like V-notches and that one spine that´s usually pointing up or down. It has no (!) swollen spine bases and a totally funky areole shape, that looks similar to the one on Trichocereus Knuthianus. Really interesting Trichocereus. 

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