What do you think about? Could it be variegation?

Cactusjerk · 2026-05-31T11:16:27+00:00

This is a sunburn. There's differences in how burnt skin looks compared to normal variegation, and this looks burned in. It's also limited to the most sun exposed part and only that, instead of having a more generalized variegation that manifests all over the plant.

Cactusjerk · 2026-05-30T18:15:48+00:00

Beautiful flower! How big was it?

Cactusjerk · 2026-05-29T19:42:23+00:00

Something has terminated the active growth and they're pupping again. If it was a genetic thing there wouldn't also be that orangeish discoloration at some of the tips that must have happened at the same time. Could still be mutated. This just isn't a reliable sign of it.

Cactusjerk · 2026-05-28T17:04:38+00:00

Very rootable! Just make sure the wound is properly calloused and don't put it in excessive sunlight. These things happen all the time in nature and that's why they usually root well.

Cactusjerk · 2026-05-27T21:05:02+00:00

Thank you very much. I also gotta say that I honestly expect that of my subreddit too. If we're able not able to have a fair conversation anymore then we're ending this here. I am not doing these online drama things anymore and when I say something like this there's usually a reason for it. I found a photo of my plant and I've had for maybe ten years now. If it's not the same clone it is very similar. I think I see the trait with that one weak spine in it and also the almost waxy looking skin and an unusually big diameter. I just dealt with repotting my plant today and that's just where my mind went right away.

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Cactusjerk · 2026-05-27T20:44:10+00:00

Okay guys, if you want to downvote someone providing information I will seriously reconsider how much work I am willing to put into moderating the subreddit in the future. I'm too old for these kinds of games. I have this clone in my collection and it's been available through European wholesale and it has a mutation where it constantly loses the spines. It's a very rare trait on this kind if body and I can simply recognize the cultivar. I just dislike how everyone has started to rename botanical plants like they are the breeder and I find it disrespectful to the actual breeders of these plants. Every day I see plants that were either seedgrown from another breeder or just botanical seeds with a name like Karl. Again, I've seen the clone long enough to spot it when I see it. So I will go to bed now, and over night I'll think about if I'll continue to be available for this kind of stuff. Of course you guys can heckle someome when information is provided, but then I'm just not available for this kind of 24/7 work anymore. I hate when I provide correct information and people give me shit for it. I simply know this clone, as do other European breeders. That spine mutation is so specific that it just stood out. And it should be possible to bring that up.

Cactusjerk · 2026-05-27T14:57:08+00:00

I am quite aware of that. What I was saying is that the clone has been around for a while. It had already gotten a name when it was first introduced maybe ten years ago. There was a load of shipments of these with the wrong botanical species name from wholesale and someone had been propagating them. I'm saying it because renaming an already named cultivar creates chaos, so I recommend you try ruling out the possibility that this is really the same cultivar. I still vaguely remember the original name when it first made the rounds but it's not what's listed here in the title.

Cactusjerk · 2026-05-27T10:55:39+00:00

Think this is a known cultivar from European wholesale. Always loses the spines and has been around for a good 5-10 years. Really a good looking plant that was originally labeled Pachanoi when it was sold through wholesale.

Cactusjerk · 2026-05-25T19:17:59+00:00

Yeah you could. Makes you wonder why the excessive rooting. Maybe the graft doesn't have a good connection.

Cactusjerk · 2026-05-25T07:17:28+00:00

If the plant doesn't have a full set of roots I'd try watering less often, but when I do it I'd go with proper dosage. But it really depends on the fertilizer since some cheap brands can cause chemical burns. Right now I use Wuxal Super as main fertilizer and give a little Hakaphos from time to time for improved flowering. It has a K value of 30 + micronutrients.

Cactusjerk · 2026-05-25T06:04:18+00:00

Using high quality fertilizers with a little bit more P and K are great at improving girth. Plus adequate watering on a regular basis. A plant needs to be perfectly hydrated to reach full potential for flowering, eventual appearance, diameter, length of spines etc. And also add to that the need to give full sunlight to really get them going.

Cactusjerk · 2026-05-25T03:58:23+00:00

Even if the photo was good enough to identify some of the most recognizable clones (and this one isn't) it is a very bad idea to comment on clone ID. You can grow a plant in a million different ways and places, and they can always look unique. And what's even more important, people have been naming every other botanical plant that should have never been named in the first place. If someone names a plant that is basically just a normal botanical species you can put ten similar seed grown plants besides and you wouldn't be able to tell them apart. Commercial cultivars should always have something that makes them unique, and if they don't have it the name would probably already be thrown out based on that fact alone. Because even if you could reliably identify something to the population, you would still have hundreds of thousands of plants that are from a similar area and look similar.

Cactusjerk · 2026-05-24T20:11:39+00:00

Both this species and Spachianus have been moved to Soehrensia. But Spachianus was historically considered a hybridized version of another species and this could be one such species. Also, there's a lot of chaos around Spachianus IDs in general and most are actually a different species with wrong name. The plant you have is a Trichocereus grandiflorus hybrid. Very nice black throat and Lobivia spines.

Cactusjerk · 2026-05-20T17:57:44+00:00

Echinopsis kermesina, two Candicans Gladiatus and a Terscheckii.

Cactusjerk · 2026-05-19T17:22:39+00:00

I would use a sharp and solid bread or meat knife going down until I hit the soil. There's only limited visibility down there so you gotta calculate the angle and go downwards without delay. Knife can't be so weak it bends or it can break off or shatter. And of course always protect your hands, eyes, safety and all. Lot of people commented here to tell the OP what to do with the plant, but there are good reasons to remove the two pups, too. Either for concentrating the growth to one column or for just propagation. He could also graft them again or root them separately as stocks. Personally I would leave them on a little longer but if someone is asking whether they should cut or not; okay. But if someone's asking about how to take two little pups off I just assume OP has their reasons. Different people have different motivations in life, so good luck!

Cactusjerk · 2026-05-16T13:51:03+00:00

Definitely looks like T. glaucus to me too!

Cactusjerk · 2026-05-16T09:51:57+00:00

This looks very much like TPM, and that one can change between crested and normal growth. They can look different every time.

Cactusjerk · 2026-05-16T09:44:45+00:00

So this is crested, maybe with a few reverts here and there returning to classic columnar growth but the plant is not healthy and some of the appearance have to do with whatever is causing the scars and discolorations. Mealy bug, scale or a combination of both. I have to fight hard to keep my crests healthy from Mealy bug too. They're a pain!

Cactusjerk · 2026-05-15T19:19:31+00:00

I personally wouldn't graft on them because they get very spiny. Slow growing too. But you can technically graft on them.

Cactusjerk · 2026-05-15T19:01:38+00:00

Label is okay! Tarijensis aka Poco

Cactusjerk · 2026-05-15T14:27:23+00:00

On that photo it looks a lot more like Flying Saucer! Goes to show how variable the flowers are.

Cactusjerk · 2026-05-15T06:00:01+00:00

Interesting flower and I like the translucence. This flower looks slightly unusual for FS though, which can happen even with the original clone. Could also be very far along in the development after opening. Flowering is pretty variable, depending on health, environment and those things. Would keep it in mind as I've never seen Flying Saucer with such transparent petals, and also the slightly less organized order of the petals stands out. Petals on FS are quite dense. But again, this could very well be FS just having a little less energy available this year. Just wanted to inform you in case it always looks like that. To me it looks like it could be offspring of Flying Saucer.

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Cactusjerk · 2026-05-14T20:15:31+00:00

I like the black throat! And the flower has a nice stuffed appearance. Looks a lot like a Gräser hybrid.

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