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TSSBP seal. Plain ring.

Peruvianus

TSSBP

Also written as The Succulent Source Blue Peru

TSSBP is an umbrella label rather than a : the initials stand for The Succulent Source Blue Peru, and they cover the stock that nursery sells.

  • umbrella label
  • blue skin

PeruvianusNursery selection: A selection a nursery or seed house put a name on and sold.

At a glance

Species

Trichocereus peruvianus

syn. Echinopsis peruviana

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The longer version

The nursery also sells open-pollinated under the label, grown from fruit collected off dozens of plants growing there, and says they vary a good deal, with peruvianus traits dominant the great majority of the time.

Character

Skin
Reportedly blue.
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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