{"title":"Trichocereus","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe genus that started us down this road. \u003cem\u003eTrichocereus\u003c\/em\u003e (trik-oh-SEER-ee-us), which botanists increasingly file under \u003cem\u003eEchinopsis\u003c\/em\u003e, are the fast-growing columnar cacti of the Andes, prized for their architecture, their forgiving nature, and their willingness to root from a bare cutting. Most people meet the group through \u003cem\u003eTrichocereus pachanoi\u003c\/em\u003e, the plant known as San Pedro, but the genus runs deep: the blue-frosted \u003cem\u003eperuvianus\u003c\/em\u003e, the spiny \u003cem\u003ebridgesii\u003c\/em\u003e, the smooth \u003cem\u003escopulicola\u003c\/em\u003e, and a long list of named clones and hybrids collectors trade by letter and number.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWe grow ours conscientiously in the sun-drenched hills of Riverside County, cut from mother plants we've raised for years, labeled honestly so you know exactly what you're getting. Everything here ships bare-root. Browse the full range below, or start with \u003ca href=\"\/products\/san-pedro-cactus-cutting-trichocereus-pachanoi-pc\"\u003ethe classic\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eAll Trichocereus are sold strictly as ornamental specimens.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"san-pedro-cactus-cutting-trichocereus-pachanoi-pc","title":"San Pedro 'PC' Cactus Cutting","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eTrichocereus pachanoi\u003c\/em\u003e 'PC' (trik-oh-SEER-ee-us pah-CHAH-noy) (syn. \u003cem\u003eEchinopsis pachanoi\u003c\/em\u003e; \u003cem\u003eTrichocereus macrogonus\u003c\/em\u003e var. \u003cem\u003epachanoi\u003c\/em\u003e), the columnar cactus most people know as San Pedro, is fast-growing, architectural, and forgiving of neglect. Expect a blue-green column that adds 6 to 12 inches in a warm season and branches into a candelabra with age.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNative to the high Andes of Ecuador and Peru, where it grows on rocky mountain slopes, it has long been grown as a landscape column far beyond its home range.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is the \u003cstrong\u003ePC clone\u003c\/strong\u003e, the Predominant Cultivar behind most North American collections. We label it honestly, so there is no mystery-seedling roulette, and every cutting comes off mother plants we have grown for more than 15 years. We cut tips, not mid-sections, so what you root is the part of the plant that was already growing, and mature mothers make those tips thick and vigorous with proven, true-to-type genetics.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis listing is an \u003cstrong\u003eunrooted tip cutting\u003c\/strong\u003e, 10 to 12 inches long, a fresh, callused segment you root yourself. Like all our plants it ships bare-root, with no pot or soil.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eSold strictly as an ornamental specimen.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Thoughtful Pricks","offers":[{"title":"10-12\"","offer_id":43373650247728,"sku":"SP-PC-CUT-1012","price":25.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0691\/4877\/0352\/files\/san-pedro-cactus-12inch-cutting.jpg?v=1786233430"},{"product_id":"peruvian-torch-cactus-cutting-trichocereus-peruvianus","title":"Peruvian Torch Cactus Cutting","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eTrichocereus peruvianus\u003c\/em\u003e (trik-oh-SEER-ee-us peh-roo-vee-AH-nus) (syn. \u003cem\u003eTrichocereus macrogonus\u003c\/em\u003e; \u003cem\u003eEchinopsis macrogona\u003c\/em\u003e), the Peruvian torch, is a thick, chalky-blue column (glaucous), stouter than most, with stiff amber spines. Vigorous once established, it can reach 10 to 20 feet, leaning and branching with age.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNative to the western Andean slopes of Peru, it is now treated as part of \u003cem\u003eTrichocereus macrogonus\u003c\/em\u003e and is one of the most sought-after blue columns in cultivation.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEvery cutting comes off mature mother plants we grow in full California sun, which is what thickens the skin and deepens the chalky blue this species is wanted for. We take tips rather than mid-sections, cut thick and true to type, then cure them until the end is callused and ready to root.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis listing is an \u003cstrong\u003eunrooted tip cutting\u003c\/strong\u003e, 10 to 12 inches long, a fresh, callused segment you root yourself. Like all our plants it ships bare-root, with no pot or soil.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eSold strictly as an ornamental specimen.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Thoughtful Pricks","offers":[{"title":"10-12\"","offer_id":43376157065264,"sku":"TPER-CUT-1012","price":45.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0691\/4877\/0352\/files\/peruvian-torch-cuctus-12inch-cutting.jpg?v=1785975073"},{"product_id":"scopulicola-cactus-cutting-trichocereus-scopulicola","title":"Scopulicola Cactus Cutting","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eTrichocereus scopulicola\u003c\/em\u003e (trik-oh-SEER-ee-us skoh-pyoo-LIH-koh-luh) (syn. \u003cem\u003eEchinopsis scopulicola\u003c\/em\u003e), known to growers as scop, is a nearly spineless, waxy dark-green column with a clean, minimal look and shallow rounded ribs (the ridges up the column). It grows fast and branches freely, reaching 6 to 12 feet over the years, and is a favorite stock for grafting and breeding. If you have been searching for a spineless San Pedro, this is the plant that usually fits the bill: its own Bolivian species, not a form of San Pedro (\u003cem\u003eTrichocereus pachanoi\u003c\/em\u003e), with the same easy columnar habit and almost none of the spines.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNative to a small area of southern Bolivia, it is prized as much for its smooth, sculptural form as for its vigor.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEvery cutting is a tip taken from a mature mother plant we grow, not a mid-section. A tip arrives with its growing point intact, so once it roots it carries on as a column rather than having to start new growth from a cut face. We cut thick and cure the end until it is callused and ready to root.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis listing is an \u003cstrong\u003eunrooted tip cutting\u003c\/strong\u003e, 10 to 12 inches long, a fresh, callused segment you root yourself. 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From late spring into summer it opens big funnel-shaped blooms, several inches across, that all but hide the stems beneath them. We grow a red-flowering form and a yellow-flowering form.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTorch cacti trace to the dry hills of northwestern Argentina, in Catamarca and La Rioja, between roughly 1,600 and 6,500 feet. The name has never settled: botanists have placed this plant as \u003cem\u003eEchinopsis huascha\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eSoehrensia huascha\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eTrichocereus rowleyi\u003c\/em\u003e in turn, and nearly every torch cactus in cultivation carries generations of hybrid breeding for bigger, brighter flowers. Our yellow form is a case in point, since the wild plants in this group run red through orange into pink and white, and a large clear yellow points to that breeding rather than away from it. We have no collection data for our plants, so we call ours what it is, a garden hybrid in the grandiflorus group, rather than claim a species we cannot prove.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEvery cutting comes off mature, flowering mother plants we grow, and each is labeled by the bloom color we have watched that mother open, red or yellow. A cutting is a clone of its mother, so the flower color comes true, with no seedling roulette. It roots first and flowers once it is established, and a cool, nearly dry winter is what sets up a heavy spring bloom. 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