Some Hybrids of Trichocereus

  The list below has barely begun and likely can never hope to include more than a small part of what has occurred in reality.
  As time permits we will add their history, descriptions and images.
  Some of these may be Echinopsis hybrids not involving Trichocereus. Work is ongoing to be sure these are not included without notation.
  There are many known Trichocereus X Echinopsis hybrids. Many are of unclear origin, are unnamed or are designated only by their flower color.

[Cereus peruvianus X Trichocereus pachanoi] X Cereus peruvianus

Trichocereus andalgalensis X Trichocereus grandiflorus v. crassicaulis

Trichocereus andalgalensis X Trichocereus pachanoi

Trichocereus andalgalensis X Trichocereus ‘Peppermint Dreams’

Trichocereus andalgalensis X Trichocereus ‘Ruby Visions’

Trichocereus “B & B’s Giant” See as ‘Flying Saucer’

Trichocereus ‘Betty’s Gold’ A selection of Jim Daniels (Cactus Gems); H 60344 (HBG); ISI 97-48 (Introduced March-April 1997)

Trichocereus bruchii X Trichocereus ‘Dusty Rose’

Tichocereus bertramineus X Trichocereus sp. SS02

Trichocereus bridgesii X Trichocereus huanucoensis

Trichocereus bridgesii X Trichocereus peruvianus [Unknown origin but believed by growers to be in horticulture since 1960s.]

Trichocereus bridgesii X Trichocereus sp. ‘Juul’s Giant’

Trichocereus bridgesii X Trichocereus sp. ‘Kimura’s Spiny Giant’

Tichocereus bridgesii X Trichocereus sp. ‘Luther Burbank’

Trichocereus bridgesii X Trichocereus sp. SS01

Trichocereus bruchii X Trichocereus huascha

Trichocereus bruchii X Trichocereus sp. SS04

Trichocereus bridgesii X Trichocereus werdermannianus [Unknown origin but believed by growers to be in horticulture since 1960s.]

Trichocereus chalaensis X Trichocereus bruchii

Trichocereus ‘Curly Red’

Trichocereus ‘Curly Red’ X Trichocereus candicans

Trichocereus ‘Daemonomania’

Trichocereus ‘Daemonomania’ (a hybrid between Trichocereus bruchii and another unknown Trichocereus - most likely T. huascha)

Trichocereus ‘Daemonomania’ X Trichocereus ’Dusty Rose’

Trichocereus ‘Daemonomania’ X Trichocereus ’Magenta Starlight’

Echinopsis ‘Diehl’ Thought possibly to include Echinopsis eyriesii and Trichocereus candicans in its parentage.

Trichocereus ‘Dusty Rose’

Trichocereus ‘Dusty Rose’ X Trichocereus bruchii

Trichocereus ‘Dusty Rose’ X Trichocereus terscheckii

Trichocereus / Echinopsis / Trichonopsis ‘Flying Saucer’ (According to the ISI also known as “B & B’s Giant” & given cultivar name by Mark Dimmitt. H 75454 (HBG), a clone selected by Hans Britsch from a group of Trichocereus X Soehrensia hybrids. ISI 94-4 (Introduced Mar-Apr 1994)

Trichocereus ‘Glorious’ appears listed as a Trichocereus although it should noted that Johnson gave this as a Lobiviopsis.

Trichocereus ‘Glorious’ X Trichocereus ‘Ruby Visions’

‘Golden Trichocereus hybrid’

Trichocereus grandiflorus v. crassicaulis X Trichocereus andalgalensis

Trichocereus grandiflorus X Trichocereus ‘Peppermint Dreams’

Trichocereus grandiflorus X Trichocereus orurensis

Trichocereus huanucoensis X Trichocereus bridgesii

Trichocereus huanucoensis X Trichocereus pachanoi

Trichocereus huascha X Trichocereus pachanoi

Trichonopsis imperialis. Believed to have been produced by the breeder Hummel. It is thought to have possibly involved Echinopsis eyriesii X T. peruvianus but the actual details are not solid.

Trichocereus / Trichoechinopsis 'Joylene'

Trichocereus ‘Kimura's Giant’ AKA ‘Kimura's Spiny Giant’

Trichocereus lobivioides X Trichocereus orurensis

Trichocereus ‘Louise’ [H. Johnson 1968: cat. #129650]

Trichocereus ‘Magenta Starlight’

Trichocereus ‘Magenta Starlight’ X Trichocereus ‘Daemonomania’

Trichocereus ‘Oh Wow’/ AKA x Echinobivia ‘Oh Wow!’. A Mark Dimmitt hybrid of Lobivia huascha v. rubriflora crossed with Harry Johnson’s Lobiviopsis hybrid ‘Glorious’. ISI 91-4 (Introduced Mar-Apr 1991)

Trichocereus / Trichonopsis pachanoi X Echinopsis eyriesii

Trichocereus pachanoi X Lobivia sp.

Trichocereus pachanoi X Trichocereus bridgesii

Trichocereus pachanoi X Trichocereus macrogonus (Claimed to be in Europe via Backeberg’s hand)

Trichocereus pachanoi X Trichocereus peruvianus A number of different ones exist, some of which are deliberately produced F1 hybrids and some of which are spontaneous natural hybrids (both from the wild and from within cultivation, one of which is actually peruvianus X Juul’s Giant), plus there are also LOTS of what is most likely to be grex.

Trichocereus pachanoi X Trichocereus shaferi DJF 295

Trichocereus pachanoi X Trichocereus sp. BBG (from unlabelled Trich at UC plant sale resembling pallarensis)

Trichocereus pachanoi X Trichocereus sp. ‘Kimura’s Spiny Giant’

Trichocereus pachanoi X Trichocereus sp. ‘Luther Burbank’

Trichocereus pachanoi X Trichocereus sp. ‘Juul’s Giant’

Trichocereus pachanoi X Trichocereus sp. SS01

Trichocereus pachanoi X Trichocereus sp. SS02

Trichocereus pachanoi X Trichocereus sp. ‘Strybing’

Trichocereus ‘Pale Rose’

Trichocereus ‘Pale Rose’ X Trichocereus ‘Spiny Yellow’

Trichocereus ‘Peppermint Dreams’

Trichocereus ‘Peppermint Dreams’ X Trichocereus grandiflorus v. crassicaulis

Trichocereus peruvianus X Trichocereus bridgesii

Trichocereus peruvianus X Trichocereus pachanoi

[Trichocereus peruvianus X Trichocereus sp. ‘Juul’s Giant’] X Trichocereus sp. SS02

Trichocereus peruvianus X Trichocereus sp. ‘Juul’s Giant’

[Trichocereus peruvianus X Trichocereus sp. ‘Juul’s Giant’] f. cristata

Trichocereus peruvianus X Trichocereus sp. SS02

Trichocereus peruvianus ‘Huancabamba’ X Trichocereus sp. SS02

Trichocereus ‘Pink Glory’ [Trichocereus tarijensis X Trichocereus spachianus by Robert Flores of Salinas, California] H 75455 (HBG), from Paul Hutchison; ISI 94-6 (introduced Mar-Apr 1994)

Trichocereus ‘Pink Sunset’

Trichocereus ‘Pink Sunset’ X Trichocereus ‘Curly Red’

Trichocereus ‘Pink Sunset’ X Trichocereus ‘Oh Wow’

Trichocereus poco var. sanguiniflorus X Trichocereus spachianus ‘Pink glory’ (See ‘Pink glory’ above)

Trichocereus purpureominiata X Trichocereus ‘Peppermint Dreams’

Trichocereus ‘Ruby Visions’

Trichocereus ‘Ruby Visions’ X Trichocereus bruchii

Trichocereus ‘Ruby Visions’ X Trichocereus ‘Daemonomania’

Trichocereus ‘Ruby Visions’ X Trichocereus terscheckii

Trichocereus schickendantzii X Trichocereus pecheretianus

Trichocereus schickendantzii X Echinopsis ‘Paramount Hybrids’

Trichocereus scopulicola X Echinopsis subdenudata [ID is not certain]

Trichocereus scopulicola X Trichocereus bridgesii

Trichocereus scopulicola X Trichocereus pachanoi

Trichocereus shaferi DJF 295 X Trichocereus orurensis

Trichocereus shaferi X Trichocereus ‘Peppermint Dreams’

Trichocereus shaferi X Trichocereus purpureominiata

Trichocereus smrzianus X Trichocereus andalgalensis

Trichocereus smrzianus X Trichocereus bruchii

Trichocereus smrzianus X Trichocereus ‘Peppermint Dreams’

Trichocerues smrzianus X Trichocereus ‘Ruby Visions’

Trichocereus sp. BBG (unnamed via plant sale) X Trichocereus bridgesii

Trichocereus sp. BBG 64.0762 X ? [open pollinated]

Trichocereus sp. ‘Juul’s Giant’ X Trichocereus pachanoi

Trichocereus sp. ‘Juul’s Giant’ X Trichocereus peruvianus

Trichocereus sp. ‘Juul’s Giant’ X Trichocereus peruvianus ‘Huancabamba’

Trichocereus sp. ‘Juul’s Giant’ X Trichocereus sp. SS01

Trichocereus sp. ‘Juul’s Giant’ X Trichocereus sp. SS02

Trichocereus sp. ‘Kimura’s Spiny Giant’ X Trichocereus bridgesii

Trichocereus sp. ‘Los Banos* X Trichoceruspallarensis

Trichocereus sp. ‘Luther Burbank’ X Trichocereus sp. SS02

Trichocereus sp. SS01 X Trichocereus pachanoi

Trichocereus sp. SS01 X Trichocereus sp. BBG (unnamed via plant sale)

Trichocereus sp. SS01 X Trichocereus sp. ’Juul’s Giant’

Trichocereus sp. SS01 X Trichocereus sp. SS02

Trichocereus sp. SS02 X Trichocereus pachanoi

Trichocereus sp. SS02 X Trichocereus peruvianus

Trichocereus sp. SS02 X Trichocereus peruvianus ‘Huancabamba’

Trichocereus sp. SS02 X Trichocereus peruvianus ‘Juul’s Giant’ hybrid

Trichocereus sp. SS02 X Trichocereus sp. BBG(unnamed via plant sale)

Trichocereus sp. SS02 X Trichocereus sp. ‘Luther Burbank’

Trichocereus sp. SS02 X Trichocereus sp. ‘Serra Canyon’

Trichocereus sp. SS02 X Trichocereus sp. SS01

Trichocereus sp. SS02 X Trichocereus sp.? (open pollinated)

Trichocereus sp. ‘Strybing’ X Trichocereus sp. SS02

Trichocereus sp. SS04 X Trichocereus bruchii

Trichocereus ‘Spiny Yellow’

Trichocereus strigosus X Trichocereus vollianus

Trichocereus tacaquirensis X Trichocereus caulescens

Trichocereus tarijensis X Trichocereus spachianus See as Trichocereus ‘Pink Glory’

Trichocereus terscheckii X Echinopsis multiplex

Trichocereus terscheckii X Trichocereus thelegonus [Johnson 1960 p 34; 1961 p. 34.]

Trichocereus ‘Voluptuous’

Trichocereus ‘Voluptuous’ X Trichocereus huascha v. macranthus

Echinopsis ‘Yes!’ A 1983 hybrid from Mark Dimmitt said to have resulted from a cross of the nonTrichocereus E. ‘Purple Haze’ (ISI 96-6) and E. ‘Diehl’. [H 85234 (HBG); ISI 00-32 (released March-April 2000)]

A word on the amazing Paramount hybrids of Harry Johnson.
While many people believe these to involve Trichocereus in their parentage, according to Johnson’s catalogs they were apparently created by the crossing of Echinopsis and Lobivia species that are not considered to be Trichocereus synonyms. The progeny were then selected for intensive propagation based on their flowers and flowering behavior & their vegetative offspring were selected for and tested based on their flowering performance. Johnson did offer several Trichocereus hybrids which likely contributed to the later confusion.
There is possibly some uncertainty as auricolor may have conceivably been used (as Lobivia) but we have not encountered it mentioned as a parent in hybrid creation only its offering by Johnson as a stock item.
More recently Mark Dimmit has produced Trichocereus hybrids involving Paramount or Paramount derived hybrids.

A comment on Purple Haze
  ‘Purple Haze’ is said to be derived from Johnson’s Paramount hybrids. According to the ISI records: “the parentage records were lost for this plant but its lineage was believed to probably include E. ‘Fire Chief’, E. ‘Los Angeles’, and E. ‘Red Meteor’.”
  Of these three only ‘Red Meteor’ is a “Paramount hybrid” (Johnson’s famous Lobiviopsis series), ‘Fire Chief’ was actually a Chamaelopsis hybrid and ‘Los Angeles’ was an Echinopsis hybrid (all three came via Johnson)