TRICHOCEREUS PACHANOI

ORIGIN AND CHARACTERISTICS

This cactus, also commonly known as “San Pedro” or “Echinopsis Pachanoi”, belongs to the Cactaceae family and is endemic to South America, more specifically Bolivia and Peru.

This cactus has a columnar arboreal bearing with ramifications. It can reach 7 meters high (in its natural habitat). Its stems stand out for being dark green surrounded by rounded ribs that carry the areoles, in which we will find the spines, a characteristic whitish brown.

Its flowering comes with the warm seasons giving beautiful white flowers, born in the upper part of the stem. These flowers are nocturnal.

DECORATION OF ... EXTERIOR OR INTERIOR?

We can incorporate it in both environments, it resists well to the sun so it is perfect for hot places, since it does not require much maintenance, if we prefer to have it indoors we will only have to make sure that the pot is adequate and that the water drains well and puts it in a sunny place, although it is also very resistant to cold.

CARE FOR CACTUS AND SUCCULENTS

They are showy plants, very pretty and that practically do not need much maintenance.

- They prefer places with direct light or that have good lighting, preferably next to a window, on a balcony, a terrace or in your Garden.

- They can withstand low temperatures, around 10ºC.

- It is essential that they have good drainage, both in the soil and in a pot.

- The ideal substrate for cacti has to be combined with sand and gravel, so that they have good drainage, humidity and excess water are not good.

- Irrigation does not have to be excessive. From spring to autumn, which would be its growth period, water every 15 days, abundant watering and wait until the soil is very dry again. In winter do not water or give one watering per month.

- Fertilizer. During the growing season (spring - autumn) you can fertilize them with worm humus. Eggshells are a good homemade fertilizer, they contain (Calcium, Iron, Potassium, magnesium and Phosphorus) these nutrients are very important and favor their growth, you must crush and mix them with the substrate, administer them a couple of times a year.

- Treatment against fungi due to excess humidity, disinfect the area with a copper-based fungicide.

- If you want to transplant them from the pot or the ground, the best time would be from spring.

And don't forget that to work with cacti you have to wear good gloves.