Acquired my original cuttings from Serra Gardens who inherited this variety along with the rest of their plants from Ed and Betty Gay who were well known members of the LA Cactus and Succulent Society. They would go out into the field and collect specimens such as this along with a T. huanucoensis ‘Don Huan’, a peruvianus that is known around the community as ‘Serra Blue’, and TBM Clone A and B, just to name a few. This is a Bolivian Trichocereus that grows saguaro like, so massive columns! This is an extremely hardy species that can tolerate freezing negative temperatures, intense full blown sun, and can withstand the driest conditions. Don’t let that make you think they can’t tolerate a good amount of watering though, I water mine every week from early spring to late fall and in the winter once every month or so.
“Cut to order” means I will take your cutting once I receive payment, so it will need about 1-2 weeks to callous over enough to safely ship. (Inquire to buy the whole rooted plant: cactus@gcarranza.com or call/text: +1 (760)-313-0111.)
-Organically grown here in partial sun in Socal, zone 10a
-Ships via USPS mail(Tracking & Insurance included)
-Heat packs available
Liffle.com:
“Origin and Habitat: Echinopsis tacaquirensisSN|8720]]SN|8720]] is endemic to western Argentina and Bolivia (Chuquisaca, Potosí and Tarija).
Type locality: Tacaquira, north of Camargo, Bolivia.
Altitude range: 2,000 to 3,500 metres above sea level.
Habitat and Ecology: This cactus is locally abundant in seasonally dry inter-Andean valleys with sparse forests, more frequent on northern slopes…
Description: Echinopsis tacaquirensisSN|8720]]SN|8720]] (Trichocereus taquimbalensisSN|8725]]SN|8725]]) is a shrubby columnar cactus, branching basally with crowded ascending branches up to 2.5 m high (occasionally up to 5 metres tall). Two subspecies of Echinopsis tacaquirensisSN|8720]]SN|8720]] are recognized the nominate and subsp. taquimbalensis. Typically subsp. tacaquirensis does not have readily distinguishable central and radial spines.
Derivation of specific name: This species has been nominated for the occurrence near Tacaquira, Dept. Chuquisaca, Bolivia.
Stems: Cylindrical, robust, dark green, to 15 cm in diameter.
Ribs: Variable, as many as 9, less than 2 cm high, obtuse.
Areoles: Rounded quite large, about 7 mm in diameter, or oval, and then 12 mm long, 1-1.5 cm apart, densely covered with grey-brown felt when young. As well as a dense tufts of very fine grey-white hair up to 1.5 cm long, but soon deciduous.
Spines: Fewer than 20 (rarely more), sometimes not clearly differentiated as centrals and radials, mostly radiating, bristle- to needle-like, slightly stiff but not piercing, straight, twisted or zigzag, unequal in size, sometimes interlacing (in subsp. taquimbalensis), white, pink reddish-brown to blackish with a grey hue, 1-6(-8) cm long.
Flowers: White to delicate pink, funnel-shaped to 23 cm long. Ovaries and floral tubes sculpted and clothed with brown woolly hairs particularly dense on the fruit and about 2 cm long. Bracts in the lower part of the tube few, above numerous and touching each other at the base, lanceolate, terminating out into a point. The lowest ones scarcely 5 mm long, the upper ones gradually transforming into the outer tepals. Outer perianth segments (tepaloids) lanceolate, pointed, 6 cm long and about 1 cm wide at the base. Inner perianth segments (petaloids) oblong to spathulate, less clearly pointed, up to 12 cm long and up to 3 cm wide. Stamens very numerous, in two whorls, the uppermost, at the mouth of the tube slightly more than 2 cm long and therefore much shorter than the corolla. Anthers 3 mm long. Style thick-turgid protruding above the anthers.
Fruits: Dark green, to 4 cm in diameter…
Hardiness: Echinopsis tacaquirensisSN|8720]]SN|8720]] is a typical, cold hardy cactus species and can tolerate temperatures down to -5° Celsius for very short periods of time, but for safe cultivation overwinter keep it at temps of approximately 10° Celsius and completely dry. Wet soil is a killer and should be absolutely avoided.”
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