Columnar Cacti - Pachycereus

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

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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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