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Ayacucho Star seal. Variegated skin.

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Ayacucho Star

Ayacucho Star is reportedly a variegated named for a region of Peru, with yellow sectors breaking up green, .

  • yellow variegation
  • glaucous green

Other TrichocereusNamed clone: One original plant and every cutting taken from it, given a name by a grower.

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The longer version

No breeder, importer or wild collection is recorded for it.

One grower reports getting a variegated cut some years before 2024 from a woman collector who is not named.

Where the name comes from

Reportedly, the name refers to the Ayacucho region of Peru.

Character

Skin
The plant is reportedly variegated, with yellow sectors breaking up an otherwise glaucous green surface.
Ayacucho Star’s growth, drawn — the form, not any one plant.The sector runs the length of the stem because it follows a line of growing tissue, not the light.

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

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