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Collana Pichu seal. Plain ring.

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Collana Pichu

Also written as Collana, Roja

Collana Pichu is reportedly a grown from Chavin Herbalists seed out of Peru, with the batch dated to about 2018. Plants under the name reportedly vary, as a seed line would: a wide range of turns up under the single name, and some are keeper selections picked out of a seed grow.

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

At a glance

Origin

grown from seed

In the yard

Where the name comes from

Reportedly grown from Chavin Herbalists seed out of Peru as a landrace peruvianus, with one California nursery's plants coming from a named grower who raised them from the same supplier's seed.

Drawing of two plain Trichocereus columns of different heights, standing for the wider genus rather than one plant.
A Trichocereus column, drawn — not a photograph of this plant.

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