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SS03 seal. Long spines.

Other Trichocereus

SS03

Also written as Ss03

SS03 is a Trichocereus knuthianus.

  • strong spines
  • nursery accession

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

At a glance

Species

Trichocereus knuthianus

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Character

  • nearly smooth to heavily spined: this one leans toward heavily spined, read from the spines line below.
Spines
Reportedly seven to nine radials up to about an inch, with one stout central running to about two inches.
Growth habit
Reportedly, raised from its seed come up very spiny, with thin yellow spines.
Drawing of a knuthianus-type column: a knobbly outline with deep notches between the areoles, strong radials and a long stout central.
A Trichocereus column, drawn — not a photograph of this plant.

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