I’m having a hard time finding any reference photos of San pedro or peruvian torch that look the same as what I’ve got here.
The thorns on this cactus are thick and woody, not like any San pedro I’ve ever seen. Can someone help me identify this?
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Making me wish I knew more about cactuses! I’m going to do some research just because I’m curious
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Myrtillo Cactus by the look of the spines 
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Yeah I second this. I think Blue myrtillo
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Aw damn, I got this crested variety of san pedro that I wanted to try to graft onto a normal columnar variety.
Thanks guys
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You can graft San Pedro to Myrtillocactus Geometrizans fyi
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That’s good news, thanks.
Helps them grow faster than the traditional snails pace.
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San pedro grows pretty quick. I think that’s the case for lophophora being grafted onto san pedro.
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Yeah San Pedro can grow very quick. I’ve had a plant about 20 years now. I’ve taken a lot of cuttings off and used to give a few to a buddy every few years. He fertilized and baby them into football width giants 4 plus feet tall in a year or so.
Normally I can expect a foot a year completely neglecting them.
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I have a Peruvian torch too. It’s never thrived in my climate but it’s as old as the San Pedro. Both need to be repotted and shown some love
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That’s what I was meaning, not implying the San Pedro grow quick. That it helps the slower ones grow quicker through grafting
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