TRICHODB ยท ABOUT
Why this exists
Finding solid information about a named Trichocereus clone usually means sitting through an hour of video, or digging back through a decade of forum threads and Reddit posts. The same plant turns up under three different names. Half the sources contradict each other. Almost none of it is written down in one place.
This started as a list kept for one person's own use. It got long enough to be worth sharing.
WHAT COUNTS AS A CLONE
A clone is one specific plant, propagated by cutting, that circulates under a name. Every cutting of Juul's Giant is genetically that same original plant. A species is something else entirely: a whole wild population, with all the variation that implies.
This database tracks the named clones. Who grew it, where it came from, what distinguishes it, and the other names it travels under.
DOCUMENTATION GRADES
Every record carries a grade. It describes how well sourced the record is, not how good the plant is.
A
Origin traceable to a named source, with a date, locality or accession number behind it.
B
Origin known and broadly agreed among growers, but some details unverified or second-hand.
C
A name in wide circulation with little verifiable origin information.
Most records are C. That is not a failure of the database, it is an accurate picture of how little of this hobby ever gets written down. Grading it honestly seemed better than presenting rumour as fact.
WHERE THIS COMES FROM
None of this is original research. Records are compiled from articles, grower and vendor sites, forum threads, and a great many hours of video, then cross-checked wherever more than one account exists. Every record links back to what it was built from, so you can go and read the source rather than take our word for it.
The list will never be finished. There are more named clones in circulation than any one person can keep track of, and growers release new ones every season. Entries go in as they surface, and the gaps are the point rather than an embarrassment.
NAMES DRIFT
A cutting picks up new names as it moves between growers and across countries. Occasionally two genuinely different plants end up sharing one name. Where that is happening, records say so and link to the plants they get confused with, rather than the site pretending to know which is correct.
CORRECTIONS
If something here is wrong, or you can source it better than we have, send it in. A correction with a source behind it is worth more than a new entry without one.