These are cuttings of a bona fide Trichocereus pachanoi from Peru that were harvested at Matucana and then shipped to the USA. These provided the botanical material that was analyzed by Olabode Ogunbodede; with results published in the 15 September 2010 issue of the Journal of Ethnopharmacology (Volume 131, Issue 2, Pages 356–362).

  These tips spent some months inside of a box traveling through the postal system. Obtaining these cuttings proved to be a surreal adventure as it took well over a year with many convolutions including the final delivery lacking identification labels and documentation. It was nothing short of a minor miracle that successful delivery was actually realized. 

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“pachanoi or pachanot?“

• Smith’s observations
  with excerpts from some published descriptions.

• Topic 1: Backeberg’s clone 

• Topic 2: pachanoi compared to pachanot.

Additional material to ponder: 

• pachanot compared to bridgesii

• hybrids

• pachanoi or pachanoids

• unanswered questions