Help with identifying my new cactus

[Funky Monkey]

Hi everyone,

I bought a new cactus (in Western Europe) for my collection today. It was sold as a T. Pachanoi for €15. What do you think it is?

Some of its main features:
- 9 ribs
- 8.5cm diameter
- white aerioles
- very small downward facing spines in the bottom half of each aeriole
- V-shaped indentation above each aeriole

 

[Ez]

That's the juice.

 

[Parshvik Chintan]

is that predominant cultivar?

 

[dg]

seems to be pachanoi

 

[Ez]

I don't think so.

 

[Funky Monkey]

I'm quite confident that it's a Pachanoi, but an extraction should provide the answer. I am going to extract it next week after I decide which tek to use.

I don't think so.

Can you elaborate on your comment please?

 

[The Traveler]

is that predominant cultivar?

I think so yes.

I have a few of the exact same type of cacti (also with the exact same pot, I even think we got it from the same place ) and I have tested it with the TLC kit: no mescaline.

When I discussed that with ouro, I remember that he told that the 'notches' on the top gave away that it is a PC. I'm not sure though if that is always the case.


Kind regards,

The Traveler

 

[Funky Monkey]

is that predominant cultivar?

I think so yes.

I have a few of the exact same type of cacti (also with the exact same pot, I even think we got it from the same place ) and I have tested it with the TLC kit: no mescaline.

When I discussed that with ouro, I remember that he told that the 'notches' on the top gave away that it is a PC. I'm not sure though if that is always the case.


Kind regards,

The Traveler

That would be a pity.

I'm still pondering whether to extract a part of it to determine if it really had no mescaline. I can always use it afterwards as a well rooted grafting stock for my proper mescaline containing cactus (see attached pictures).

 

[Poekus]

is that predominant cultivar?

I think so yes.

I have a few of the exact same type of cacti (also with the exact same pot, I even think we got it from the same place ) and I have tested it with the TLC kit: no mescaline.

I just found this topic. Sorry to bump it up but based on the OP description and the pot used this might be the same cactus I just bought from a dutch online marketplace. He is specialized mainly in african plants. I got two variants from there though which look quite different.

@ Traveler: did you test the plant material itself or an extract and did you do a reference test with a known active cactus to cancel out TLC errors?