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Capistrano seal. Variegated skin.

Pachanoi

Capistrano

Capistrano is reportedly a spineless , blue and , carrying variegation and a habit of skipping along the rib. It reportedly grows consistently thick at a medium-fast rate.

  • blue glaucous
  • consistently thick

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

At a glance

Species

Trichocereus pachanoi

syn. Echinopsis pachanoi

In the yard

Character

  • slow and steady to fast grower: this one leans toward fast grower, read from the growth line below.
Skin
Reportedly blue and glaucous, with variegation.
Ribs
Areoles are reportedly commonly skipped along the rib.
Growth habit
Reportedly consistently thick, at a medium-fast rate.
Capistrano’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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