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Pachycereus
Pachycereus (Berg.): very large columnar cacti from Mexico including Baja California. A specimen of P. pringlei 63 feet high exits. The name Pachycereus is from the Greek and means thick cereus. The plant grows faster than C.gigantea and makes a handsome specimen.Pachycereus weberi from Oaxaca makes enormous specimens. This picture was provided by Arturo Anaya.
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 Pachycereus weberi (Coult.) Backbg. FO-094 Mexico, Puebla, Oaxaca |
 Pachycereus pringlei (S.Wats.) Br.& R. (T.) Type sp. thick form. Mexico , mainland and Baja. New spines dark red to purple. |
 Pachycereus pringlei. Thinner form, new spines pink to red |
 Pachycereus pectin-aboriginum, northerly form according to Reyes from Mexico, Bluish, 8 ribs |
 Pachycereus grandis |
 Pachycereus pringlei. Typical seedling produced in very large numbers by cactus wholesale growers. |
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