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SA SS 1 seal. Plain ring.

Other Trichocereus

SA SS 1

Also written as SA SS 1, South Australian Short Spine 1, SASS 1

SA SS 1 is a South Australian short-spine selection, numbered one of a pair.

Other TrichocereusField-collection code: A collector's accession number — initials and a number — rather than a nickname.

At a glance

Species

Trichocereus validus

syn. Echinopsis valida

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The longer version

SASS carries the same letters without the number, and a California nursery sells SASS as a terscheckii, most likely a .

Drawing of a validus-type column: very broad and many-ribbed, with mid-length spines and one long central at each areole.
A Trichocereus column, drawn — not a photograph of this plant.

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