The 5 Major Types of San Pedro Cactus [A Trichocereus Field Guide]

Welcome to San Pedro Source. In this video we're going to go over the 5 Major Types of San Pedro Cactus. We'll go a little deeper
With the info from this guide you will be able to:
- Understand the context behind how a cactus might express it's characteristics
- Distinguish between the 5 major types of Trichocereus cactus based on their unique features
- Understand that hybridization and variation makes absolute certainty on identifying cactus sometimes elusive
Chapters:
0:00 - Intro
0:29 - Context
1:02 - San Pedro / Trichocereus Echinopsis
1:51 - Peruvian Torch / Trichocereus Peruvianis
2:37 - Peru vs San Pedro
2:55 - Bolivian Torch / Trichocereus Bridgesii
3:32 - Bolivian vs San Pedro
3:55 - Scopulicola / Trichocereus Scopulicola
4:42 - Argentine Saguaro / Trichocereus Tersheckii
5:25 - Hybrids and Crossbreeding
6:19 - Pop Quiz
6:47 - Outro
Pop Quiz Answers:
1st Cactus (6:21) - Scopulicola
2nd Cactus (6:36) - Peruvian
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I have 11 Tricho Tarmaensis about 6 months old i started from seeds im super excited!

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[@exzactlyy]

Great video. I noticed 'V' notches above the aereoles as well on some peruvian torch cacti which can make things confusing, so the blue colour is a good means to distinguish them.

[@SanPedroSource]

Great point! They can sometimes have ‘V’ notches and that’s what makes Peruvians and Pachanoi so difficult to tell apart. The blue color is the usually the best distinction.

[@exzactlyy]

Ideas for future vids include identifying and treating common trichocereus diseases like sooty mould, fungal pegs and insect pests. Also would be cool to see some mature cacti from each species in your collection if you have any. Thanks for the vids.

[@SanPedroSource]

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[@gomerzpyle6805]

Groovy rib shifting on that last pop quiz subject. Should immediately be crossed with the domino cactus.

[@SanPedroSource]

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[@scottreiter5389]

Why does it say "5 major types of San Pedro Cacti" but one of the types is a Saguaro Cactus? 🤔

[@SanPedroSource]

Good question! The Argentine Saguaro (not to be confused with the Saguaro, or Carnegiea gigantea) shares the genus Trichocereus with these other cacti, it's scientific name being Trichocereus terscheckii. This video is a guide to the major kinds of Trichocereus cacti.

[@kathleenlewis1954]

Please if you find the time to tell me the name of the one that looks blue ?

[@johnberry1107]

Nice. Thank you. I'm new to cactus and working at a place with overgrown unmanaged older cactus nursery. I'm building a collection from cutting. Thank you.

[@SanPedroSource]

Best of luck with the nursery! We hope that we can help out in any way we can.

[@MammilariaElongata]

Tenho um cacto parecido com o São Pedro, mas não tenho certeza, não sei. 😢

[@SanPedroSource]

Hey there! Feel free to email an image of your cactus to us at [e-mail] and we might be able to identify it for you.

[@FullmoonEffects89]

How can you identify them all as san pedro and then comparing them to san pedro?

[@SanPedroSource]

That's a fair question! It's a common and accepted naming convention in the San Pedro community when you're talking about these cacti. Besides the umbrella term "San Pedro", we reference the Trichocereus pachanoi/Echinopsis Pachanoi as its common name "San Pedro" for time and ease, and the others as their common names as well (Peruvian, Bolivian, etc). We can understand how that might be confusing at first.

[@randymack4946]

What do you know about Juul’s Giant?

[@SanPedroSource]

It’s a popular cultivar of Trichocereus pachanoi

[@baptsiste3443]

So what about the quiz…was it a scop and a peruvian?

[@SanPedroSource]

You got it!

[@BStott]

Being native of cactus country I'd always heard saguaro pronounced more like sawuaro or sahworo. Test: How do you say, La Quinta? Hint: Qui is pronounced 'key' . Nice video I appreciated the lesson.

[@SanPedroSource]

Thanks for the tips!

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[@ZYGTropicals]

20 species of cactus? You meant 2,000 right?

[@markfairman162]

Of San Pedro cactus I believe she said in the video.

[@SanPedroSource]

Hey there! We specifically mean the Trichocereus genus.

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We wish we could send them over to you! Unfortunately we only ship to the United States.