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[bezevo]

I bought a cactus tip cutting and the seller threw in a second cut .
 it was listed as .
"Trichocereus sp. MB01 TIPS! - San Pedro relative "

An unknown Trichocereus species that has proven to be desirable. I've referred to it as Trichocereus sp. MB01. I got my first cutting from the guy who planted the cactuses at Ohlone College.

You are buying one tip cutting about 10" long.

its a spiny cactus with 8 ribs .the seller said he thought it was some sort of hybrid ?

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[bezevo]

another pic

[MadPlanter]

Its a real beauty whatever it is!

[bezevo]

yes mad planter  it is a beauty   attached another pic

the guy I bought this cactus  from has a web site with pics of his cactus collection www.cactusaffinity.com

[Chicsa]

Solaritea opinion?

Trichocereus sp. MB01 named by the now defunct entheobotanical start-up Magic Botanic. Plant came to them via the man who planted all the cactuses at Ohlone College in Fremont, California. Cuzcoid features but was found in the early 2000's to be a desirable plant.

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[bezevo]

pardon my ignorance ,could someone explain what  Cuzcoid features means ? thanks

The seller on ebay was solar_tea 

 goes buy jethro 

I think he still had center cuts ?

I am waiting for the cuts to heal over nice before I try to root .

[happyconcacti]

solar_tea is a member here. Great cacti

http://sharetheseeds.me/forum/index.php?action=profile;u=482

and his website:

www.cactusaffinity.com

As for identifying the cactus, it's a clone of MB01. So in my garden I would label it as "T. spp. 'MB01'"

The "T. Spp." because the exact species is not known. Furthermore, it's pretty difficult to see species of Trichocereus in a black and white way. They're normally on a spectrum of sorts. So for this, I'd put it in the "peruvianus" spectrum.

Cuzcoid means it shows some characteristics of T. cuzcoensis. Cuzcoensis is often considered a subset of the peruvianus spectrum.

Bridesiod = shows bridgesii traits
Peruvianoid = shows Peruvianus traits
Pachanoid = shows pachanoi traits

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[solaritea]

I think happyconcacti and Chicsa covered it pretty well. I don't have too much to add.

I've been growing this plant since around 2001. An interesting feature is that this plant doesn't seem to grow taller than about 6-7 feet. This is in my own garden and in pictures I've seen of the plant my cutting came from. The grower I got it from didn't tell me any name for it - it was a long time ago but I think he said he didn't know the names of any of his cactuses.

This winter my big MB01 plant fell over leaving me with several broken columns. So a lot of cuttings have been sent around in the last month or two. Anyone seeing this who buys one of the center cuts that are on eBay now, mention this site and I'll add in a free second cut for you also. (Please note free second cuts will be roughly the same length but skinnier. They were grown at the edge of my garden that the sprinklers mostly missed.)

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[bezevo]

well cool I wrote down the info in my grow journal ..  buy the way Solaritea  thanks for the extra cut . I wiil try and root them soon .

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[bezevo]

well  I potted up the tip cut and the center cut .
 I did not water as it was winter .
 Its time for them to go outside soon .. I am guessing they should have decent roots soon .
The center cut has a tiny pup just starting to emerge .

[doublebenno]

What a BEAUTY!!!

Looks like cuzcoensis BK08601.1, BK08601.2, BK08519.4 - or............................knuthianus ;-)

[bezevo]

the center cut is forming a pup

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[AcaciaAve]

No but for real WHERE DID YOU FIND THAT SIERRA NEVADA WITH CACTUS AND GRAPEFRUIT!?!?!?!?!?!

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[bezevo]

that's the photo  from the Ebay sale

I did find that beer

I am in Nebraska

I bought a six pack at a HyVee  grocery store .
it sounds nasty but very good refreshing on a hot day

[bezevo]

 The two Trichocereus sp. MB01 cuts I got from solaritea have rooted well.
the center cut has a fast growing pup about the size of alarge egg  so far .  it has tripled in size the last few weeks 

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