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Verne's Juul's Giant seal. Plain ring.

Pachanoi

Verne's Juul's Giant

Also written as Verne's Spineless Mac, VSM, JS147

Verne's Juul's Giant is a blue-green, near-spineless : taken in 1986 from a Watsonville grower, tips salvaged after the 1989 earthquake, and the last of her plants recovered in 2006. It is reportedly valued for its cold tolerance, taking several days below freezing when kept dry.

  • blue-green skin
  • thick ribs
  • cold hardy

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

At a glance

Species

Trichocereus pachanoi

syn. Echinopsis pachanoi

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Character

Skin
Reportedly strikingly blue-green.
Ribs
Reportedly thick.
Notes
Cold: reportedly it takes several days below 32°F (0°C) provided the soil stays dry, and some growers cover the growing tips during hard freezes in unheated greenhouses.
Drawing of a pachanoi-type column: broad, with low rounded ribs, almost no spines, and a small notch in the rib above each areole.
A Pachanoi column, drawn — not a photograph of this plant.

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