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Bridgesii "Big Perm" seal. Long spines.

Bridgesii

Bridgesii "Big Perm"

Also written as Big Perm

Big Perm is reportedly a kept for one reason: extraordinarily long, curling spines, one of which its finder measured at around ten inches.

  • ten-inch spines
  • curly spines
  • grafts well

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

At a glance

Species

Trichocereus bridgesii

syn. Echinopsis lageniformis

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Character

  • nearly smooth to heavily spined: this one leans toward heavily spined, read from the spines line below.
Spines
The whole point of the is reportedly its , unusually long and curling, with one measured at about ten inches.
Growth habit
It has reportedly been propagated successfully by grafting.
Drawing of a bridgesii-type column: slim, with few ribs, areoles set widely apart and long needle spines.
A Bridgesii column, drawn — not a photograph of this plant.

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