Australian San Pedro: A classic clone catalogue

Dr Liam Engel’s master list of Australian San Pedro and related Trichocereus mother plants. First published in EGA Conference Journal 5, December 2022. Additional photos can be found in The Mescaline Garden’s San Pedro Catalogue.

*Trichocereus terscheckii “Big Blue” motherplant in Dawson’s Cactus Garden. Photo by Fahim Adabjou.*

San Pedro are large, columnar, fast growing, and mescaline-containing cacti that grow natively around the Andes Mountains. Some argue that San Pedro are a group of over 20 different species, while others contend all San Pedro are the same species. Without engaging in taxonomy debates, it can be acknowledged that Trichocereus bridgesii, T. pachanoi and T. peruvianus are commonly recognised San Pedro species.

Because cacti can grow from cuttings, we have no idea about the age of the oldest cacti. Cacti can be cut and regrown (cloned), seemingly forever! Clones are special because they carry a particular heritage. The general rule amongst horticulturalists for plant names is that new names are only given to individual, seed grown plants.

A name is the signifier of the lineage and history of a plant. Some believe only a unique or ‘special’ plant is worthy of a new name. Strict naming rules are more in keeping with a botanical (rather than horticultural) approach, but creating rules about naming can reduce confusion when people don’t maintain good records. While it is problematic when the same clone has been given two different names, it also seems rude to think that every human is worthy of a name, but every plant is not.

Typically, a new series of seedlings receives the label “pollen donor (mother) x flower donor (father).” If the grower appreciates a particular one of these seedlings, they might give the seedling an additional name. This was the case for T. sp. “Neptune” from The Mescaline Garden. The seedling series of this plant is (T. bridgesii ‘SS02’ x T. peruvianus “SS01”) x T. sp. “TPM”. This is a bit of a mouthful, and there are other plants with the same cross name without the same unique appearance, so when I started distributing this clone, I gave it the name Neptune to make it easier to track.

The population of unique San Pedro is rapidly expanding as growing numbers of people breed and cultivate these plants. These numbers mean San Pedro names are increasingly important, but at the same time, are increasingly hard to keep track of. I think there would be many advantages to a peer reviewed registry or database to keep track of San Pedro names, but it is challenging to get the community to agree on a process of determining a valid name, as well as to submit their names to the registry.

With these registration advantages and challenges in mind, I embarked on creating this classic clone catalogue. I contacted a number of Australia’s most prolific San Pedro enthusiasts, requesting a list of the unique San Pedro clones they each distributed from their gardens. This list was to only include plants of which each enthusiast was the primary guardian – mostly their own seed grown plants, but also clones obtained from deceased or lost mother plants. This resulting catalogue in which I’ve compiled these lists isn’t perfect. There are incorrect and unrecognised species listed (e.g. T. cataquirensis), but without extensive genetic research these taxonomy issues can’t be resolved. While I’ve strived to avoid double names, it is possible a plant could be listed twice under the catalogue under the same name (e.g. the JAC plants were originally obtained from Dawson’s, but their parent details are unknown). If two San Pedro are suspected to be the same, their in/compatibility for each other’s fertilisation can be a good indication of whether or not they are identical clones. However, this matter is best resolved via genetic research. This catalogue is best considered a snapshot in time as we will continue to discover more about these plants, and as their growers breed and release additional clones (visit The Mescaline Garden for photographs and updates).

The remainder of this article is organised by the current garden location of ‘mother’ clone donor plants, including the Fields Cactus and Succulent Garden, Dawson’s Cactus Garden, Damascus, Urban Tribes Needle Park Nursery, Shaman Australis Botanicals, Herbalistics, Trichaustralis and the personal gardens of Micromegas, Fahim Adabjou, Will M, Mark Hoffman and myself – The Mescaline Garden.

Names start a lot of arguments, but as I see it, the purpose of a name is communication. For me, names are less important than other details – that’s why so many growers use numbers to label their plants. My tip for collectors starting out is to label every plant and maintain a database with further information relating to each label. Ensure to document whether a plant is grown from seed or from a cutting, and where the seed, seedling or cutting came from – the more detail the better!

“...names are less important than other details”

Fields Cactus and Succulent Garden

The Fields Cactus and Succulent Garden was created by Ralph Fields. Ralph obtained many live cacti plants by purchasing a share in field expedition in the Americas, undertaken by Harold Blossfeld, another German botanist. Several plants from The Fields Garden have been donated to the Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria Melbourne Gardens, where many Trichocereus from the Fields collection can be enjoyed in the Arid Garden section.

T. bridgesii “Fields.”
T. knuthianus “Fields.“
T. lamprochlorus “Fields.”
T. macrogonus “Fields.”
T. pachanoi “Fields”
T. pachanoi “Yowie.”
T. peruvianus “Rosei 1.”
T. peruvianus “Rosei 2.”
T. peruvianus “Sausage.”
T. validus “Fields shed.”
T. validus “Fields.”

*Trichocereus hybrid in bloom. Artwork by IzWoz.*

Dawson’s Cactus Garden

Dawson’s Cactus Garden was created by Tom Dawson and Justin Gill in Bendigo during 1933. Hosting over 2000 species during its peak, The Dawson Garden was Australia’s largest cactus nursery for over a quarter of a century. The Dawson Garden was purchased by new owners and renamed as Bendigo Cactus Garden in 1992.

T. bridgesii “Ben.”
T. bridgesii “Hulk.”
T. chiloensis “Dawson’s No. 1.”
T. chiloensis “Dawson’s No. 2.”
T. knuthianus “Dawson’s.”
T. pascana “Apache.”
T. pascana “Rango”
T. pascana “Red”
T. pascana “Twin Peaks”
T. pascana “Tom.”
T. peruvianus “John.”
T. peruvianus “Dawson’s No. 1.”
T. peruvianus “Dawson’s No. 2.”
T. skottsbergii “Dawson’s.”
T. sp. “Santa Fe.”
T. sp. “Sunset.”
T. terscheckii “Banana.”
T. terscheckii “Big Blue.”
T. terscheckii “Dawson’s Long Spine.”
T. terscheckii “Dawson’s Short Spine.”
T. terscheckii “Gill.”
T. terscheckii “John.”
T. terscheckii “Mexican.”
T. terscheckii “Orange Spine.”
T. terscheckii “RJ”
T. terscheckii “Snake.

*T. peruvianus “Dawson’s No. 2.” motherplant. Photo by Fahim Adabjou.*

Damascus

Damascus creator Paul purchased seed from the Herbalistics Nursery and another unknown source ~2007. These seeds have grown into what appears to presently be Australia’s largest San Pedro collection when measured by sheer mass of plant material.

T. bridgesii “Jaws.”
T. bridgesii “Twinkey.”
T. bridgesii “Twinnie.”
T. macrogonus beast series (inc. “Halcyon beast,” “Cousin beast” and “FPP”).
T. pachanoi booyah series.
T. peruvianus Paul series (inc. “Halcyon delicious,” “Booyeah” “Saint Paul”).
T. sp. Paul series x beasts series.
T. sp. tall blue spikey series.
T. taquimbalensis series.
T. terscheckii series.

*A cactus in the Damascus T. taquimbalensis series. Photo by Liam Engel.*

Urban Tribes Needle Park Nursery

The Urban Tribes Garden creator Mark Camo began propagating San Pedro in 1991, following a visit to South America and time in a small village located a two days’ walk from Tacna. A shaman from this village gifted the Urban Tribes founder three of their favourite San Pedro clones, which have been propagated ever since. The village shaman also shared San Pedro seeds from their favourite plants.

T. bridgesii Urban Tribes series “UT1” – “UT108.”
T. pachanoi Urban Tribes series “UT1” – “UT38.” T. pachanoi “UT1” and T. pachanoi “UT2” are the shaman’s original clones.
T. peruvianus Urban Tribes series “UT1” – “UT9.” T. peruvianus “UT1” AKA “Peruyote” is the shaman’s original clone.

*T. pachanoi “UT1.” Photo by Liam Engel.*

Shaman Australis Botanicals

Shaman Australis Botanicals was established in 1998 by Torsten Wiedemann to distribute rare ethnobotanical plants. Cacti were part of this collection from the beginning. While many clones were named by Torsten, he has also become guardian and source of many more clones from collectors who have since stopped sharing. Torsten also runs The Corroboree forums, where many clones were initially traded and named, many named after SAB forum members.

T. bridgesii “33.” Koehres seed, beautiful glaucous colour and disease resistant.
T. bridgesii “Con.”
T. bridgesii “Cornucopia I.” Sourced from the defunct Cornucopia Nursery in Mullumbimby. Glaucous coloured body with pronounced notches along the ribs between honey coloured, brown tipped spines. Spines in groups of 3 with a longer bottom spine.
T. bridgesii “Cornucopia II.” Sourced from the defunct Cornucopia Nursery in Mullumbimby. Semi-monstrose.
T. bridgesii “GaryZ.”
T. bridgesii “Hans.” Sourced from BlackDragon in South Australia.
T. bridgesii “JAC007.” Sourced by Jactus from Dawson’s. Shifting ribs.
T. bridgesii “Jess.”
T. bridgesii “Kai.” Originally sourced from the defunct Magickal Botanicals. Rib shifting, glaucous to green body and long brown spines turning white with age.
T. bridgesii “Mum & Dad.” Sourced by BlackDragon from South Australia from his parents’ garden. Glaucous body, honey-coloured spines. Slow grower, prone to disease and rot in subtropics.
T. bridgesii “Tig.” Fast growing, hardy, disease resistant. Often produces two classic
T. bridgesii spines on its upper part, while each areole produces three to four spines. Strong v-notches, long, strong yellow spines with orange tips and few ribs.
T. bridgesii “Tim.”
T. camarguensis SAB KK1414 series. Seeds collected by Karel Kníže at ~2800 metres altitude in Bolivia.
T. cataquirensis SAB KK918 series. Seeds collected by Karel Kníže at ~2800 metres altitude in Bolivia. Unrecognised species.
T. cordobensis “Lance.”
T. cuzcoensis “Gnosis.”
T. cuzcoensis SAB KK340 series. Seed collected by Karel Kníže at ~3200 metres altitude in Cuzco, Huachac. White spines, swollen brown colour spine bases, golden tipped spines.
T. glaucus “33.” Koehres seed, extra glaucous colouration, pronounced ribs, and black to brown spines turning grey to white with age and areoles are dark brown to grey in colour. Disease resistant.
T. glaucus SAB KK336 series. Seed collected by Karel Kníže at ~1500 metres altitude in Arequipa, Peru.
T. knuthianus “Mantis.” SAB forum member Mantis and Torsten both wanted the same plant at a cactus stall. Torsten conceded, and in exchange for Torsten’s generosity, Mantis gifted him the first cutting from the plant.
T. longispinus SAB KK1670 series. Seed collected by Karel Kníže at ~2800 metres altitude in Cusco, Pisac, Peru. New spine growth is yellow and very spiny.
T. macrogonus “Blue JAC002.” Sourced by Jactus from Dawson’s.
T. macrogonus “KK2176 Full Blue.” Full blue was selected out of the SAB KK2176 series due to its extra blue body and overall superior looks.
T. macrogonus SAB KK2176 series. Seed collected by Karel Kníže at ~2600 metres altitude in Ayacucho, Peru. Glaucous with deep ribs and large padded areoles and yellow spines.
T. pachanoi “2.” Sourced in the late 90’s from the now defunct Magikal Botanicals Nursery, Mullumbimby.
T. pachanoi “Alf.”
T. pachanoi “Justin.” Sourced from former SAB Nursery Manager, Justin (the first one!). Beautiful, fast and fat.
T. pachanoi “Mike.”
T. pachanoi “Music Teacher.” Sourced by BlackDragon from South Australia from his music teacher’s property. Glaucous green, short dark spines, yellowish areoles. Slow growing.
T. pachanoi “Omar.” Sourced by BlackDragon from South Australia. Dark green body, small spines and areoles. Girthy.
T. pachanoi “Rob.” Originating from “shaman Roberto”, a Mullumbimby local who apprenticed with a Venezuelan shaman and imported their local cactus. Small spines, dark green, fat.
T. pachanoi SAB KK339 series. The original KK339 series appear as archetypal Ecuadorian T. pachanoi, but newer plants from KK339 seed, like the SAB KK339 series, look more like plants from Tarna. Large white areoles, neat, small white spines with a prominent long honey coloured, brown tipped spine.
T. peruvianus “83.” Originating from a market stall of cactus collectors, Kath and Allan, in The Pocket, a small village near Mullumbimby NSW. Glaucous body with long, golden honey-coloured spines.
T. peruvianus “86.” Extremely variable colour. Fast grower, disease resistant.
T. peruvianus “Brian.” Sourced from Perth, Western Australia. Striking rib formation, dominant V-notches, small honey-coloured spines protruding from its white padded areoles. Green to glaucous. Fast growing, disease resistant.
T. peruvianus “Cactus Garage.” Originating from a stall called Cactus Garage at the Queen Victoria Markets, Melbourne. Green, fat, small spines turning white with age.
T. peruvianus “Clayton.”
T. peruvianus “David.” Originating from the defunct Arizona Cactus Nursery. Fat, blue, glaucous, girthy. Padded areoles, long golden spines will be your focal point. Fast growing, disease resistant.
T. peruvianus “Giant Blue JAC001.” Sourced by Jactus from Dawson’s.
T. peruvianus “JAC003.” Sourced from Dawson’s by Jactus. Glaucous, large padded areoles, short golden spines.
T. peruvianus “JAC005.” Sourced by Jactus from Dawson’s.
T. peruvianus “JAC006.” Sourced from Dawson’s by Jactus. Bluish green, distinct notches, five small downward pointing yellow spines.
T. peruvianus “Jactus.” Sourced from SAB forum member Jactus.
T. peruvianus “Len.” Originating from the defunct Arizona Cactus Nursery, Sydney. Frosty blue to grey, padded areoles and golden brown, black tipped spines.
T. peruvianus “Red Spine #1.” Originating from SAB forum member _e_. Short, red spines, padded white areoles and a vibrant green body. Redder spines than “Red Spine 2.”
T. peruvianus “Red Spine #2.” Originating from SAB forum member _e_. Short, red spines, padded white areoles and a vibrant green body. More honey brown spines than “Red Spine 1.”
T. peruvianus “Steve.”
T. peruvianus “Trent.” Originating from the defunct Arizona Cactus Nursery, Sydney. Frosty, blue to grey, fat, disease resistant. Large, padded areoles and golden-brown tipped spines.
T. peruvianus SAB KK1688 series. Seed collected by Karel Kníže at ~2200 metres altitude in Ancash, San Marcos, Peru. Glaucous skin, pronounced rib edges, brown to yellow tipped spines, grey-white wool padded areoles and dominant V-notches.
T. peruvianus SAB KK2152 series. Seed collected by Karel Kníže at ~2800 metres altitude in Huaraz, Ancash, Northwestern Peru. Green bodies, honey coloured, long double spines.
T. peruvianus SAB KK242 series. Seed collected by Karel Kníže at ~2000 metres altitude in Matucana Peru. Honey coloured spines, large rib count.
T. peruvianus SAB KK338 series. Seed collected by Karel Kníže at ~3000 metres altitude in Yanyos, Huancayo, West Central Peru. T. cuzcoensis and T. peruvianus traits.
T. peruvianus ssp. puquiensis SAB KK1689 series. Seed collected by Karel Kníže at ~2800 metres altitude in Puquio, Peru. Appears more like T. cuzcoensis than T. puquiensis.
T. peruvianus v. tarmensis SAB KK2148 series. Seed collected by Karel Kníže in Tarma, Junin, west central Peru. Frosty glaucous blue to green. Large, padded areoles, protruding long top spine, honey-coloured spines.
T. scopulicola “A.”
T. scopulicola “B.”
T. scopulicola “Cory.”
T. sp. “Alizarin.” T. huasca x T. purpureominata “Peppermint Dreams.” Crimson flower.
T. sp. “BlackDragon’s Big Blue.”
T. sp. “Clementine.”
T. sp. “Mad Max.”
T. sp. “Prussian Sky.”
T. sp. “Reg.”
T. sp. “SAB002.”
T. sp. “Tyrian.” T. huasca x T. purpureominata “Peppermint Dreams.” Magenta flower.
T. sp. “Wedgie.” T. peruvianus “JAC006” x T. pachanoi “2.”
T. sp. “Will’s Mixed Hybrid.” Originating from SAB forum member Gomaos. Suspected T. pachanoi and T. scopulicola hybrid.
T. tunariensis SAB KK991 series.
T. uyupampensis SAB KK341 series

*T. peruvianus “JAC003.” Image by Shaman Australis Botanicals.*

Herbalistics

Herbalistics was founded in Billinudgel NSW in 2003 by Darren and Sybille, later relocating to QLD. Having grown 10’s of thousands of Trichocereus from seed, Darren selected some of the interesting ones and gave them the HB numbers below.

T. sp. “HB01.” Found in a garden in Gatton, Queensland.
T. sp. “HB02”
T. sp. “HB03”
T. sp. “HB04”
T. sp. “HB05”
T. sp. “HB06”
T. sp. “HB07”
T. sp. “HB08”
T. peruvianus “Matucana Sausage.” Originally grown by a friend in the Northern Territory.

*T. peruvianus “Matucana Sausage.” Photo by Herbalistics.*

Trichaustralis

A little like a cordyceps fungus taking control of an ant for the continuation of that species, Trichocereus took over Gus Freeman around 12 years ago. Gus now grows, cares for, propagates, and spreads their seeds with glee and a feeling of purpose, if not complete control. The goal of Gus’ garden is to appreciate these plant’s beauty and watch them grow and change, as well as create new plants for other people that are exciting and hopefully different to the norm.

When creating seeds, Gus tries to focus on making hybrids that have a high likelihood to eventuate in interesting plants, especially reliably monstrose and crested, coloured flower hybrids mixed with taller plants, and fatties mixed with others to create new and interesting phenotypes. Gus has a strong desire to create tall, ‘san pedro’ looking plants that also have a coloured flower. This is a long-term goal that is currently a work in progress. To truly achieve this will require generations of breeding. This will hopefully result in some of Gus’ named clones being spread to many other gardens as feature plants in the future.

T. sp. “Tunjo.” T. puquiensis X T. pachanoi. Variegated clone, very short spines.
T. sp. “Trojan Llama.” T. sp. “TPM” x T. pachanoi. Seed grown plant from Sacred Succulents seed. Produces mutant offspring as a seed parent.
T. sp. “Johnny 5.” T. pachanoi “TPQC” x T. sp. “TPM.” Grows crested and reverts, hybridised and seeds distributed.
T. sp. “NitroJack.” T. bridgesii “Lumberjack” x T. sp. “TPM.” Grown from Nitrogen’s 2015 seeds. Very crested, never reverts (so far).
T. sp. “NitroZensis.” T. sp. “TPM” x T. huarazensis. Grown from Nitrogen’s 2015 seeds. Very short spined, melts and rib shifts fairly reliably.
T. scopulicola “Zed’s.” A seed grown scop obtained as a small seedling. Very fat, very spineless.
T. sp. “ValiGus.” Seed grown from 2015 T. validus open pollinated seeds collected from Micromegas’ Secret Garden. Very fat, looks to have a scoppish father.
T. sp. “Zelly 240.” T. scopulicola x T. grandiflorus “VRG .” First release by Misplant/Zelly. Hybridised and seeds distributed.
T. sp. “Zelly 260.” T. scopulicola x T. grandiflorus “VRG .” First release by Misplant/Zelly. Hybridised and seeds distributed.
T. sp. “Zelly 280.” T. scopulicola x T. grandiflorus “VRG .” First release by Misplant/Zelly. Hybridised and seeds distributed.
T. sp. “VP1.” T. scopulicola x T. grandiflorus “VRG .” First release by Misplant/Zelly. Hybridised and seeds distributed (VP stands for Veg Patch).
T. sp. “VP2.” T. scopulicola x T. grandiflorus “VRG .” First release by Misplant/Zelly. Hybridised and seeds distributed.
T. sp. “VP3.” T. scopulicola x T. grandiflorus “VRG .” First release by Misplant/Zelly. Hybridised and seeds distributed.
T. pachanoi “Hahn.” Clone originally obtained near Hahndorf in a very old garden. Mother plant was destroyed by the owner shortly after.

Micromegas’ Secret Garden

Micromegas’ garden started with a single T. pachanoi “PC” plant in a bathtub, but after realising the importance of plants to life in general and several trips to the Americas to get to know Cactaceae up close and personal, has expanded to cover five-to-ten acres of mixed planting and an ever-expanding Trichocereus tribe.

T. sp. “West 01”. Seed collected in Peru in 2011, grown by Microgmegas.
T. sp. “West 02”. Seed collected in Peru in 2011, grown by Microgmegas.
T. sp. “West 03”. Seed collected in Peru in 2011, grown by Microgmegas.
T. sp. “West 04 Chonk”. Seed collected in Peru in 2011, grown by Microgmegas.
T. sp. “West 04 Shady”. Seed collected in Peru in 2011, grown by Microgmegas.
T. sp. “Rectangular Plaza 01”. Seed collected in Peru in 2011, grown by Microgmegas.
T. sp. “Rectangular Plaza 03”. Seed collected in Peru in 2011, grown by Microgmegas.
T. sp. “UNK01”. Seed collected in Peru in 2011, grown by Microgmegas.
T. sp. T. scopulicola x T. bridgesii. Seed grown by Moon Unit Botanica.
T. sp. “Ripple”. Seed grown by Luke Tippins or Quentin Oliver.
T. sp. “Flying saucer” x T. schickendatzii. Grown by Makka Pakka, flowered by Micromegas.
T. sp. “Spruce goose”. T. peruvianus “Sausage” x T. bridgesii “Bruce”, seed grown by Micromegas.
T. arboricola x T. grandiflorus “VRG”. Grown by herbalistics, flowered by Micromegas.
T. sp. “Ranga”. T. pachanoi “PC” x T. bridgesii “Bruce”. Seed grown by Micromegas.
T. grandiflorus w/red flower x T. grandiflorus w/yellow flower. Grown by Makka Pakka, flowered by Micromegas.
T. bridgesii “Original bridgesii.” Micromegas’ first T. bridgesii, purchased from a closing down nursery 2007.
T. glauca. Purhcased from the SAB nursery as a 3-inch seeding in 2008.
T. peruvianus “Andy Amine.” Seed maybe grown by SAB nursery, raised by Micromegas.
T. peruvianus “Alchemica.” Either grown by seed by Alchemica or from a seedling by PD.
T. poco “SG”. Purchased from the SAB nursery as a 2-inch seedling 2008.
T. tersheckii “JL”. Seed grown in Adelaide by unknown grower.

*T. sp. “Spruce Goose.” Photo by Neil Brougham.*

Fahim Adabjou

Fahim Adabjou is a prolific sharer of cacti culture and a regular host of much loved ‘grafternoon’ parties. Fahim is a master grafter with a particular taste for T. terscheckii and habitat clones.

T. sp. “Fahim01”. T. pachanoi “Lima Flower Market” x Open pollinated. Seed from Javier.
T. sp. “Fahim02”. T. validus “Fields shed” x T. terscheckii “Banana.”
T. sp. “Fahim03”. Seed from an open pollinated T. macrogonus.
T. sp. “Fahim04”. T. peruvianus “Huarimayo” x Open pollinated.
T. sp. “Fahim05”. T. pachanoi “Kunaq” x Open pollinated. Seed from Chavin herbalists.

*T. sp. “Fahim01.” Photo by Fahim Adabjou.*

Will’s Garden

Will M started collecting cactus 14 years ago when he was gifted a T. pachanoi “PC” and a T. bridgesii “Bruce” cutting at a meet up for the Corroboree forum. The cactus bug bit hard, and Will spent his free hours learning about the many different San Pedro clones available in Australia, attempting to catch them all. Over the years, his obsession changed and grew from getting every T. bridgesii available, to getting some international clones, to producing coloured flower crosses.

T. knuthianus “Bluth.”
T. bridgesii “WM01.”
T. bridgesii “WM02.”
T. bridgesii “WM03.”
T. bridgesii “Pigsy.”
T. bridgesii “Beatrice.”
T. sp. “Alchemica Too.”

*T. sp. “Alchemica Too.” Photo by Will M.*

Mark Hoffman

Mark Hoffman started growing Trichocereus in 2012. Mark’s collection focuses on sacred cactus with a history of ethnobotanical use.

T. pachanoi “MH01.”
T. pachanoi “MH02.”
T. pachanoi “MH03.”
T. pachanoi “MH04.”
T. pachanoi “MH05.”
T. pachanoi “MH06.”
T. pachanoi “MH07.”
T. pachanoi “Ecuadorian 1.”
T. pachanoi “Ecuadorian 2.”
T. pachanoi “Bluetooth.”
T. pachanoi “Glaukus.”
T. pachanoi “Pharoah.”
T. pachanoi “Scwartz.”
T. pachanoi “Skywarrior.”
T. peruvianus “Dankwad.”
T. peruvianus “Shortspine.”
T. sp. “Lumpy Jacques.”
T. sp. “Cromag brain crest.”
T. sp. “Third Brother.”
T. sp. Unlabelled. T. pachanoi “Yowie” x T. macrogonus.
T. sp. Unlabelled. T. pachanoi “Yowie” x T. peruvianus from Icaros DNA seed.
T. sp. Unlabelled. T. peruvianus from Icaros DNA seed x T. bridgesii.

*T. pachanoi “MH02.” Photo by Mark Hoffman.*

The Mescaline Garden

The Mescaline Garden is my own collection. I first started growing these San Pedro ~2009, with in-ground plantings ~2018. I grow many psychoactive plants, but cacti seem to agree with me. I have presently only named and distributed two of these plants:

T. sp. “Neptune.” A hybrid producing deformities, variegation, and unique branching growths making some columns look like tridents. Nitrogen seed germinated by Jordan Calleia, propagation of variegated form en masse by Fahim Adabajou.
T. sp. “Emily Avenue.” A uniquely shaped San Pedro of lost parentage with blue skin, red spines, and a tendency to creep.