BK10508.7 Trichocereus riomizquensis, Totora , Cochabamba, Bolivia 2010
Copyright: Ben Kamm, Sacredsucculents.com
Really cool Plant! Looks a lot like a Trichocereus Bridgesii and is probably one but I´ll have to analyse this one first. But yeah, Great Plant!
The spination is very likely not that unique to justify regarding it as a seperate species. Compared to Trichocereus Bridgesii, there are hardly any differences and it´s very likely that this plant was labeled TRICHOCEREUS RIOMIZQUENSIS because that´s the name that the locals or collectors in the past 50 years called it that. Ben from Sacred Succulents is perfectly aware of this plants similarity to Trichocereus Bridgesii and it´s safe to say, it actually is one. The plant is NOT the same plant that Friedrich Ritter described in 1958 as Trichocereus Riomizquensis.
Ritter wrote that the typus location of Trichocereus Riomizquensis is CHYLLAS, near the Rio Mizque in the provence Campero, growing on Rocky slopes.
Ritter assigned the FR/Winter seed code (after the name of his sister, who ran his seed business) FR856. Please note that Ritter´s plant is more like a Trichocereus Pachanoi and was regarded a relative of Trichocereus Scopulicola. So far, there are no reported specimens of Ritter´s authentic Trichocereus Riomizquensis and if there is anybody out there who grows a plant labeled Trichocereus Riomizquensis FR856, PLEASE CONTACT ME! I own a bad pic of a flowering specimen that literally looks like a Pachanoi. Please note that there are peruvian samples of Trichocereus Riomizquensis that look VERY much like a Trichocereus Bridgesii too. So chances are, there are various plants that can be encountered with this label. If you raised seed of this plant from the Sacred Succulents Field Trip 2010, please let me know because I am constantly looking for better pics. But yeah, like I already mentioned, this is probably a Trichocereus Bridgesii.
BK10508.7 Trichocereus riomizquensis, Totora , Cochabamba, Bolivia 2010
