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Jaime Alberto, a pachanoi grown in the yard. Photograph 1 of 4 of this clone.
Growing

Jaime Alberto

Jaime Alberto is a highly regarded Ecuadorian pachanoi clone that carries the name of the person it traces back to.

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

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

Tell me when it’s cut
Species group
Pachanoi
In the yard since
Not recorded yet
Where it came from
Not recorded yet
Photographs
4 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.

The story

Collectors grow it for the history as much as the look — vigorous, clean, classic pachanoi.

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.

  • 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

  • Line drawing of a cactus cutting standing upright, its cut end showing the pale pith and the ring of vascular bundles inside

    Illustration

  • Line drawing of a crested cactus, its growing point stretched into a wavy fan lined with areoles

    Illustration

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