Columnar Cactus

What makes a columnar cactus?  I’d say something that can stand up tall, while holding onto the shape of a pillar. Elongated in general instead of squat, globular, and round.  The flowers between them are all so unique and different.    The fascination with these forms initially began with the desire to use them for landscape.  But as we soon discovered, the ability to collect these rare forms could encompass a whole yard of potted columns.  So many genera of tall Cereus including my favorites: Echinopsis, Pilosocereus, Cleistocactus, Borzicactus, Stenocereus, Eulychnia, Micranthocereus, Weberbauerocereus, Haageocereus and on and on. 

Borzicactus plagiostoma
Cipocereus bradei
Cereus huntingtonianus
Pilosocereus fulvilanatus
Eulychnia saint piena
Neobuxbaumia Euphorbioides
Cipocereus bradei
Pilosocereus pachycladus
Cipocereus bradei
Pilosocereus fulvilanatus
Pilosocereus pentaedraphorus
Cereus validus
Cleistocactus fieldianus subs fielidanus
Borzicactus plagiostoma
Rauhocereus riosaniensis
Pilosocereus magnificus
Cipocereus bradei
Browningia altissima
Stenocereus gummosus spiralis
Rauhocereus riosaniensis
Pilosocereus pentaedraphorus
Browningia altissima
Cereus validus
Cipocereus bradei
Browningia altissima
Cereus huntingtonianus
Browningia microsperma
Rauhocereus riosaniensis
Stenocereus queretaroensis
Stenocereus hystrix
Cereus validus
Stenocereus beneckei inermis
Cipocereus bradei
Pachycereus tepamo
Borzicactus plagiostoma
Eulychnia iquiquiensis
Cereus huntingtonianus
Pilosocereus pentaedraphorus
Cleistocactus fieldianus
Cipocereus bradei
Stenocereus beneckei inermis
Cleistocactus fieldianus HBG
Loxanthocereus sulcifer
Rauhocereus riosaniensis
Pachycereus tepamo
Stenocereus beneckei inermis
Stenocereus beneckei inermis
Pilosocereus pentatedraphorus
Weberbauerocereus cephalomacrostibas
Pilosocereus pentaedraphorus HU121
Cipocereus bradei
Eulychnia iquiquiensis
Seed grown Stenocereus beneckei
Stenocereus beneckei inermis
Rauhocereus riosaniensis
cipocereus bradei
Loxanthocereus sulcifer
Weberbauerocereus cephalomacrostibas
Stenocereus gummosus spiralis
Pilosocereus magnificus supremus
Cipocereus bradei
Pilosocereus pentaedraphorus
Cipocereus bradei
Eulychnia acida
Haageocereus acranthus
Rauhocereus riosaniensis
Weberbauerocereus cephalomacrostibas
Browningia altissima
Loxanthocereus sulcifer
Cereus validus
Haageocereus fascicularis
Haageocereus fascicularis
Pilosocereus leucocephalus
Perfect Pilosocereus magnificus supremus
Weberbauerocereus cephalomacrostibas
Cipocereus bradei
Eulychnia ritterii
Pilosocereus fulvilanatus
Stenocereus beneckei inermis
Stenocereus gummosus spiralis
Azureocereus hertlingianus
huntingtonianus x validus
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Plant Info

Plant information

Echinopsis/Tricho cactus are well known for their big beautiful flowers at maturity. These plants will usually get to that place at 4-8 feet and specific growing conditions. Highly collectible for their looks, shape, and color, they make wonderful potted plants and landscaping plants.

Notes and Description

These ornamental plants are grown outdoors in full Southern California sun, no shadecloth, no greenhouse.. They are healthy but some have some blemishes and marks maybe evidence of old pests even. We do our best to keep them healthy. I’ve recently knocked it down with an insecticide and fungicide. Plants sent unpotted or bare root when dry.

Cutting

I use hormodin3 rooting hormone and I like to dry for a week or two on their side exposed to air.  When calloused I root them in pure coco coir or potting media.  I stand them up and keep them dry.  Warmth at the base with a heat mat in winter helps or warm direct sun in the morning for 2-3 hours.   I then taper in more sun around lunch and then all day if you can without burning it.  Small sips of water as the medium dries to tease the roots out.  This can be 2 weeks to 2 months.  When roots arrive then I pot them in soil. And let them get some water. Or you can do all of this in the same pot of soil if you like.

Seed sowing

T5 full spectrum bulbs or a good LED vipar spiderfarm hlg is good. You can dive into ppfd and lux etc

Have heat mats that have a thermocouple set to 75* in the soil. You don’t want the soil to get too hot so it must be regulated.

Use clean new soil. Pasteurize in the microwave if you so choose. Start your seed with a soak of hydrogen peroxide as that helps slightly soften the kernel. Some people like to go a bit stronger with fungicides to start with too.

I Feed often . Kelp or a good liquid nutrient. They are fairly hungry plants even at this size. Mycorrhizae when you can. Beneficial microbes are great too.

Humidity domes for 2-3 months is what I use to get them to germinate and grow to the size where they can acclimate to no domes. Some people use takeaway containers as they can hold the moisture in indefinitely without having to refeed or water. Most important is find what works for you!

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