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Frankie, a Other Trichocereus grown in the yard. spines heavy, and dramatic at the growing tip. Photograph 1 of 3 of this clone.
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Frankie

Grown outdoors in California full sun. Densely ribbed, heavily spined, with a dramatic burst of spines at the growing tip.

Read the reference entry → — what the name Frankie means, where it came from, and what other growers record about it.

The last one of these sold in the past three months, so more usually follow.

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Species group
Other Trichocereus
In the yard since
Not recorded yet
Where it came from
Not recorded yet
Photographs
3 on this page

Anything marked “not recorded yet” is a fact I have not written down. I would rather leave the gap than guess at it.

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Proof this one does come up: these went in the last three months.

Photographs

My own pictures of this plant, taken in the yard. The drawn frames are my illustrations, standing in until I have photographed the rest.

  • May 2026

  • May 2026

  • May 2026

  • Line drawing of a branched cactus with two arms curving upward from the main stem

    Illustration

  • Line drawing magnifying a single areole on a rib crest — the felted cushion, its ring of radial spines and one longer central spine

    Illustration

  • Line drawing of young seed-grown cactus seedlings in a shallow pot of gritty mix

    Illustration

  • Line drawing of a cactus growing in a terracotta pot topped with gritty mix

    Illustration

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