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T. Peruvianus Rimac seal. Plain ring.

Peruvianus

T. Peruvianus Rimac

Also written as Rimac

T. Rimac is reportedly not one at all: a valley name that in cultivation covers several distinct and seed-grown lines.

  • multi-clone label
  • blue to dark green

PeruvianusInformal label: Shorthand or a describing label rather than a cultivar name. It does not promise one specific plant.

At a glance

Species

Trichocereus peruvianus

syn. Echinopsis peruviana

In the yard

Family line

This cultivar: T. Peruvianus Rimac. Children: Rimac × Pachanoi, Hybrid family, T. Peruvianus Rimac is recorded as its seed parent.

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Character

Skin
Reportedly anywhere from blue-green to dark green.
Drawing of a peruvianus-type column: stout and blue with a heavy powdery bloom, ribs deeply notched between large areoles, and long spines.
A Peruvianus column, drawn — not a photograph of this plant.

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