Trichocereus pachanoi at Vilcabamba, Ecuador

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   There are abundant Trichocereus pachanoi in the adjacent countryside.
Typically they are growing amidst the cover of nurse plants, this sometimes is including stands of Anadenanthera trees. Alana Cory-Collins has commented on there being a historical succession from snuff to cactus for the Chavín in Peru but was unclear where their Anadenanthera had come from only that it obviously came to them as a trade item.

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This last image is a closer view of the preceding photograph.

Copyright by Hubbie Smidlak 2008

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