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TCP Bridge seal. Plain ring.

Bridgesii

TCP Bridge

TCP Bridge is reportedly less a name than a holding label: TCP stands for Cactus Plant, a catch-all one grower coined for new finds, lost labels and unidentified plants.

  • La Paz look
  • log-plants well

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

At a glance

Species

Trichocereus bridgesii

syn. Echinopsis lageniformis

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Character

Growth habit
It has reportedly been grown both as an upright column and by log planting, laying a mid-section flat so it pushes offsets along its length.
Drawing of a bridgesii-type column: slim, with few ribs, areoles set widely apart and long needle spines.
A Bridgesii column, drawn — not a photograph of this plant.

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