trichocereus pachanoi cristate

[adzket]

can any one tell me more about this its only mention is on another post i wrote about other cacti i belive it must have mesculin init as it swim found it on a site selling peyote and san ped and it gave warnings about customes ect in countries it could not be imported to but no other info can be found it looks odd to not like any other cacti i have seen. thanks for any help adz.

[CrookedEye]

I answered in the other thread, but basically, it's just a unique form (mutation) that happens to some cacti.. It is probably active, but will not produce as much plant material as a normal pachanoi... However, they are very cool to grow, and would be a beautiful addition to any cacti collection..

[Barebonejoe]

Personally, I think they look creepy. Too much like a human brain.

[adzket]

Originally Posted by CrookedEye

I answered in the other thread, but basically, it's just a unique form (mutation) that happens to some cacti.. It is probably active, but will not produce as much plant material as a normal pachanoi... However, they are very cool to grow, and would be a beautiful addition to any cacti collection..

a mutation is there any risk in this why does it happen. if they are active which people belive they are how could i find out which other alcolids are present init? i agree it would be a nice but bizare speciman to grow.

Originally Posted by Barebonejoe

Personally, I think they look creepy. Too much like a human brain.

a human brain thats a good comparison i supose they do in away.

[adzket]

this is what a pachanoil cristate looks like.

[CrookedEye]

It's not dangerous, just a unique characteristic to some cacti, and to find what alkaloids are in it, one would have to extract them and get them analyzed... It would have the same alkaloids as any cactus of that species, although ratios may a be a bit different.. It is not a different species, just a unique form of the regular species..