Glossary
Epithet
The second half of a two-word botanical name: the pachanoi in Trichocereus pachanoi. It is the part that can move when the botany is revised — pachanoi now sits as a variety under the older name macrogonus — which is why one plant can honestly carry two names.
Words that go with it
- EchinopsisThe other genus name these plants get filed under.
- MacrogonusA species name for stout, blue, well-spined plants, growers say.
- BridgesiiOne of the main species in this group, also called Bolivian Torch, with usually four to…
- PachanoiGrowers call it the species most people mean by "San Pedro".
- PeruvianusA species also called Peruvian Torch, growers say.
- Scopulicola ("scop")Growers call it a species with very few ribs, essentially no spines, and glossy green…
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