Would the real T. pachanoi please stand up

[M S Smith]

Be sure to read all my comments in the following thread:

http://www.shaman-australis.com/forum/i ... 11911&st=0

~Michael~

[jikuhchagi]

Hi Michael!

Glad to see you are still around! Hope all is well. Nice thread, and waaaaaay too much information for me to absorb in one reading. I'll have to revisit that one!

j

[Cassie]

Great to see you Michael. I tend to agree with your opinion about them being one species, the taxonomy just wasn't making sense to me. Very interesting, thank you!

[M S Smith]

Here's another thread on the subject for those interested.

http://www.shaman-australis.com/forum/i ... opic=15744

~Michael~

[M S Smith]

Yet another link for the interested.

http://www.shaman-australis.com/forum/i ... opic=19992

~Michael~

[Juicemonkey]

So tell us Michael
whats going on with this ecuador collected  pachanoi in Australia

i have it and its definitley not the same as the backeberg type

Darker green, often frosted bluish over the green
red to brown spines
maturing so that only 3 spines, all pointing down
the tip torpedo shaped

is this 'the one'

i also have this Ritter collected pachanoi allegedly 1930's, an heirloom cutting
its too small to judge at the moment.

R

[Juicemonkey]

p/haps the closest is this



except it graduates from multispined to shedding all but the 3 as it matures