San Pedro Cactus - Trichocereus pachanoi x50 Fresh Seeds
San Pedro Cactus - Trichocereus pachanoi
- 50 Fresh Seeds
Trichocereus pachanoi, known as San Pedro cactus - is a fast growing columnar cactus native to the Andes Mountains.
It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Ecuador and Peru, and it is cultivated in other parts of the world.
Uses for it include traditional medicine and traditional veterinary medicine, and it is widely grown as an ornamental cactus.
It has been used for healing and religious divination in the Andes Mountains region for over 3,000 years.
Its stems are light to dark green, sometimes glaucous, with a diameter of 6–15 cm and usually 6–8 ribs. The whitish areoles may produce up to seven yellow to brown spines, each up to 2 cm long.
The plant is sometimes spineless. The areoles are spaced evenly along the ribs, approximately 2 cm apart.
White flowers are produced at the end of the stems; they open at night. The flowers are large, around 19–24 cm long with a diameter of up to 20 cm.
There are black hairs along the length of the tube leading to the flower. Oblong dark green fruits are produced after fertilization, about 3 cm across and 5–6 cm long.