Glossary
Peruvianus
A species also called Peruvian Torch, growers say. Longer, stouter spines than pachanoi and often a strong blue bloom, growers say. Has many regional forms named after where they came from.
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Peruvianus in full →Words that go with it
- MacrogonusA species name for stout, blue, well-spined plants, growers say.
- ProvenanceGrowers call it where a plant came from and whose hands it passed through.
- BridgesiiOne of the main species in this group, also called Bolivian Torch, with usually four to…
- EchinopsisThe other genus name these plants get filed under.
- EpithetThe second half of a two-word botanical name: the pachanoi in Trichocereus pachanoi.
- PachanoiGrowers call it the species most people mean by "San Pedro".
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