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Juul's Giant seal. Short spines.

Pachanoi

Juul's Giant

Also written as Juuls Giant, Tom's Juuls Giant

Juul's Giant is a very thick, nearly spineless — spines reduced far enough that growers describe picking it up barehanded.

  • very thick
  • very short spines
  • stable across sites

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

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The longer version

Mislabeled material is reportedly sold under the name, including plants resembling crossed with Juuls.

Reportedly, the original turned up in a residential yard in that city.

Character

  • nearly smooth to heavily spined: this one leans toward nearly smooth, read from the spines line below.
Skin
Reportedly rich dark green, sometimes taking a blue-green sheen in good conditions.
Spines
Reportedly short and easy to miss, pale yellow to gray, often absent altogether on older growth.
Growth habit
Reportedly exceptionally thick columns, considerably broader than a standard pachanoi.
Drawing of a pachanoi-type column: broad, with low rounded ribs, almost no spines, and a small notch in the rib above each areole.
A Pachanoi column, drawn — not a photograph of this plant.

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