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Altman's Trichocereus pachanoi Monstrose (TPM) seal. Monstrose growth.

Pachanoi

Altman's Trichocereus pachanoi Monstrose (TPM)

Also written as Altmans TPM

Altman's () is the monstrose pachanoi sold through the nursery Altman Plants; the name gives the source and the growth form.

PachanoiNursery selection: A selection a nursery or seed house put a name on and sold.

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Drawing of a pachanoi-type column: broad, with low rounded ribs, almost no spines, and a small notch in the rib above each areole.
A Pachanoi column, drawn — not a photograph of this plant.
This is my first cutting of Altman's TPM. It was columnar at first,then crested after its first winter here in northwest WA.
Sent in by william Yates — their plant, grown under this name and photographed by them. Not a plant from this yard.In a pot, outdoors, Washington, 1–3 years

Every photo shows another grower how this one really grows. Thank you.

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