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October giveaway: win my SS02 mother plant. Free to enter, ends October 31. No purchase necessary; see the rules. Enter freeSee the Yard

Shadow Spine seal. Plain ring.

Other Trichocereus

Shadow Spine

Shadow Spine is reportedly a mutant selection from Yella Bone x TBM-A seed.

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

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Character

  • slow and steady to fast grower: this one leans toward slow and steady, read from the growth line below.
  • single column to clumps freely: this one leans toward single column, read from the growth line below.
Growth habit
Reportedly slow to , with few and a fat stem.
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.

Every photo shows another grower how this one really grows. Thank you.

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