Cactus ID

[Neal]

Does anyone know what type of cactus I have here? @Yvonne G

Note: This is not for feeding purposes, just curious.

Thank you,
Nealio

 

[ZEROPILOT]

Echinopsis pachanoi ?
"San Pedro" cactus.
If so, listed as edible. Even tasting good.

 

[Yvonne G]

I agree with Ed. It's a type of Echinopsis, sometimes called an Argentine Giant.

 

[Neal]

No, it doesn't appear to be pachanoi. But, it does look like it fits into the Echinopsis genera.

It produces some pretty cool flowers:

 

[Neal]

When I google searched "Argentine Giant" it looks like the pictures matched mine.

 

[Neal]

San Pedro, correct?

@ZEROPILOT, @Yvonne G , or anyone else.

 

[ZEROPILOT]

I did a Google search and it is closer than anything else native to the area.

 

[Neal]

This turned out to be a neat cactus.

 

[Yvonne G]

San Pedro, correct?

@ZEROPILOT, @Yvonne G , or anyone else.

Yes, I believe you are correct, Neal. Trichocereus pachanoi.

 

[Tom]

Looks a lot like "organ pipe cactus", only quite a bit thicker.

 

[Yvonne G]

organ pipe cactus has more ridges and more spines:

 

[Neal]

This thing just keeps getting neaterer.

 

[Oxalis]

This thread made me want to google Echinopsis, and so I found a whole website dedicated to them! http://echinopsis.com/