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A Cahuilla cutting held upright in bright sun over a patchy lawn, redwood fence behind. The ribs run straight and unbroken and the areoles are small white dots with barely any spine on them.
Growing

Cahuilla

One of the healthiest growers in the yard, and there are hints of monstrose in it.

Read about Cahuilla in the cultivar library →

Nothing off this one is listed at the moment. It's growing in the yard and gets cut when it's ready.

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Species group
Other Trichocereus
Photographs
2 on this page

From my yard

  • For now it grows about average.

    In my yard,

My plants grow outdoors in Discovery Bay, California. Yours may do something different.

What it looks like

Skin
It reportedly holds a checkerboard glaucous pattern, ranges from green to blue depending where it is grown, and has thrown several variegated pieces.
Spines
Reportedly, new spines come in red and stay red in shade but bleach white in full sun; a relaxed plant makes almost no spines, while damage or stress brings on strong red ones.
Growth habit
Columns on the original stand have reportedly reached roughly 24 inches around, with new growth regularly four to five inches thick, and the plant gets very notchy indoors under artificial light.
Flowers
Reportedly strongly perfumed, with thick straight petals, extra-long stigmas and buds wrapped in thick curly black hair that holds its color in sun.

Photographs

My own pictures of this plant, taken in the yard.

  • The cut at the bottom is still fresh yellow-green.

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