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Colossus seal. Plain ring.

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Colossus

Also written as Collosus

Reportedly, at least three different share the name Colossus: the plant documented by the researcher Keeper Trout, a line grown from open-pollinated seed taken off the Colossus at the Berkeley Botanical Garden, and a third distributed through the Misplant seed bank.

Other TrichocereusInformal label: Shorthand or a describing label rather than a cultivar name. It does not promise one specific plant.

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Two of these lineages are reportedly sold side by side as separate products by one Californian nursery, each named for the grower it came from. More than one plant carries this name.

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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