Glossary
Scopulicola ("scop")
Growers call it a species with very few ribs, essentially no spines, and glossy green skin with a smooth melted look. Popular as a hybrid parent because it passes on smoothness and vigor, growers say.
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Scopulicola ("scop") in full →Words that go with it
- 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.
- MacrogonusA species name for stout, blue, well-spined plants, growers say.
- PachanoiGrowers call it the species most people mean by "San Pedro".
- PeruvianusA species also called Peruvian Torch, growers say.
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