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Trichocereus pachanoi cutting
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Trichocereus
All Trichocereus Cacti offered are cultivated in the Netherlands, so they are not taken from nature.
Native Indians in Bolivia name Trichocereus pachanoi and Trichocereus bridgesii both "Achuma" .
So native Indians don''t make a difference between the appearance and the hallucinogenic effects of those two different species of San Pedro Cactus.
Trichocereus pachanoi – San Pedro Cactus (also: Echinopsis pachanoi)
Long columnar Cacti which can become 6 metres high and 15 centimetres thick.
The stem has four to nine rounded ribs with a horizontal indentation above the areole.
(areole = the place where the spines are situated on the stem).
They have three to ten yellow to brown coloured thorns (spines).
The length of the longest central spines is two centimetres.
History of the San Pedro Cactus
The San Pedro Cactus is an ancient holy columnar Cactus which contains much of the alkaloid Mescaline .
The San Pedro Cacti are the most magical plants of South-America.
These mystic plants are known by Shamans from the year 1300 B.C. onwards.
San Pedro Cacti grow in nature in South America in countries like Peru, Ecuador, Bolivia.
Meaning of San Pedro
The name San Pedro originates from the holy St. Peter, who is considered to holds the keys to heaven.
Mescaline in the San Pedro Cactus
The three offered botanical species of San Pedro Cactus contain nearly the same concentration of Mescaline.
The content of Mescaline is at most 0,1 – 0,2 % of a fresh living San Pedro Cactus.
The amount of Mescaline is at most 1 - 2 % of a dried San Pedro Cactus.
The percentage of Mescaline in Trichocereus peruvianus is perhaps even higher than Trichocereus pachanoi and Trichocereus bridgesii.
See the book: Trout’s Notes on San Pedro & related Trichocereus species (2005), also for sale by Shayana.
Description of the San Pedro Cactus
The columnar San Pedro Cacti can become 6 metres tall and 15 cm thick.
San Pedro Cacti have 4 to 9 pronounced ribs, and can grow 30 centime
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