Dawsons Terscheckii "the Big Guys!" Dawsons short spine / apache / arizona / tom / rango / banana / gill / santa fe / sunset mixed Terscheckii seeds :D
Please note sixth or "last" pic is seeds i have germinated for myself this season :) this Listing is for seeds from same batch and season.
***Please note the seeds you get will be a lucky dip from a mixture of some of the above varieties from the original Dawson and Gill Cactus Farm!!! Don't miss out on this opportunity if you are a serious enthusiast and love rare or giant cactus****
Echinopsis terscheckii, commonly known as the cardon grande cactus or Argentine saguaro, is a large cactus native to South America and popular in cultivation.[1]
Description[edit]
It is a columnar, branching cactus that can grow over 7.6 metres (25 ft) tall.Its branches are about 25 cm (9.8 in) in diameter with 8 to 14 ribs. Branches are cylindrical, fleshy, light green. The branches are 10-20 cm in diameter, with 8-14 blunt ribs. It has large brownish areoles about 2.5 cm (0.98 in) apart with 8 to 15 yellowish spines, 8.3–10 cm (3.3–3.9 in) long, a central one, sometimes absent, and 8-15 radial. The nocturnal funnel-shaped white flowers can grow up to 15–20 cm (5.9–7.9 in) long and 13–15 cm (5.1–5.9 in) wide. Pericarp and flower tube with dense white or brown axillary hairs. The round or oblong blue fruits are about 1.3 cm (0.51 in) in diameter and contain black to brown, oval seeds approximately 0.76 mm (0.030 in) long.[2]
Dawson and Gill[edit]
Originally planted from habitat collected seed by Tom Dawson and Justin Gill in the early 1930's, they are part of a once thriving commercial nursery and garden.
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Native distribution[edit]
It is native to several provinces including Jujuy, Tucumán, La Rioja, San Juan, Catamarca and Salta provinces in northwestern Argentina, and is the eponymous cactus of Los Cardones National Park in Salta Province. Range continues to the western slopes of the Andes in Peru, Bolivia department of Tarija, and Ecuador. It is found growing on dry slopes of the Andean foothills at altitudes of 500 to 1500 meters.