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Ressler's Amazonas seal. Plain ring.

Other Trichocereus

Ressler's Amazonas

Also written as T Amazonas

Other TrichocereusNamed clone: One original plant and every cutting taken from it, given a name by a grower.

At a glance

In the yard

Where it comes from

The original was reportedly collected in the Amazonas department of Peru, in Bongara province on the Rio Utcubamba south of Caclic, at about 1,480 meters, in February 1964, and donated to a Californian botanical garden the following year under an accession number.

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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