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Juice Box seal. Plain ring.

Scopulicola

Juice Box

Juice Box is reportedly a seed-grown raised from a Hulk crossed with a scop.

ScopulicolaCross: A seed-grown plant from two named parents, written mother × father.

At a glance

Species

Trichocereus scopulicola

syn. Echinopsis scopulicola

Parents

Seed parent: Hulk · Pollen parent: Trichocereus scopulicola

Origin

grown from seed

In the yard

Where the name comes from

The grower who raised it received the original as a gift from a grower called Mr Yan, who remarked that Dave was short on scops.

Character

Notes
The five-ribbed growth is reportedly notched, effectively spineless, dark green, and noticeably plump and blocky.
Drawing of a scopulicola-type column: smooth-edged and glossy, with very few ribs, tiny areoles and no spines.
A Scopulicola column, drawn — not a photograph of this plant.

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