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Nadir seal. Spineless.

Pachanoi

Nadir

Nadir is reportedly a kept for how little it spines: mature growth carries almost none, over the usual pachanoi combination of green and clearly defined ribs.

  • near spineless
  • green skin
  • fast grafted
  • vigorous growth

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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Character

  • slow and steady to fast grower: this one leans toward fast grower, read from the growth line below.
  • nearly smooth to heavily spined: this one leans strongly toward nearly smooth, read from the spines line below.
Skin
skin and ribs: reportedly the usual pachanoi combination of green skin and clearly defined ribs.
Spines
Mature growth carries almost none — one grower calls it about as close to a truly spineless cactus as they have.
Growth habit
It is a strong grower and puts on length quickly when grafted.
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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