Juul’s Giant
Also sold as
TJG; Tom Juul's Giant
Documentation score A. Traceable to a named person or record.
Documentation score B. Reasonably supported, with gaps.
Documentation score C. A single unverified mention. Treat with caution.
Name collision. Plants are sold under this name that may be a different clone. Compare:
Name drift risk: high.
Severe. Any thick pachanoi started getting the label.
Species group
Clone type
Region
San Francisco, CA
Origin person
Tom Juul; later Kakster, Cactus Gem Nursery, Sacred Succulents
Place
San Francisco, CA
Year
No Data Found
Name drift risk
high
Story
Juul grew a very large, girthy, near-spineless plant in his San Francisco garden. The plant is presumed, per research by Keeper Trout and others, to have come from a UC South American Cactus Collection expedition. Accounts differ on early distribution: some say Cactus Gem Nursery in the South Bay distributed it first, and that after Juul's death Kakster rescued cuttings before the garden was bulldozed and passed them to friends and customers including Sacred Succulents. Sacred Succulents then spread it worldwide. Trichocereus.net's view is that TJG is likely just a regional Ecuadorian pachanoi type rather than anything uniquely special, and that near-identical plants occur around Lima and Arequipa.
Origin
Tom Juul, a retired butcher, San Francisco
Lineage
Cross as recorded
Poss. UC South American Cactus Collection
Parents
No Data Found
Used as a parent of
Identification
No Data Found
Notes
Species as recorded: *T. pachanoi*, probably an Ecuadorian form. Type as recorded: Clone.
Alkaloid claims
No Data Found
Photographs
Photos from sanpedrocactus.org (Cactus AF)
sanpedrocactus.org/trichocereus-pachanoi-juuls-giantPhotos from trichocereus.net
trichocereus.net/tom-juuls-giant-tjg-trichocereus-pachanoi/Sources
Sources from sanpedrocactus.org (Cactus AF)
sanpedrocactus.org/trichocereus-pachanoi-juuls-giantSources from trichocereus.net
trichocereus.net/tom-juuls-giant-tjg-trichocereus-pachanoi/