Echinopsis macrogona

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Echinopsis macrogona
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae Division: Magnoliophyta Class: Magnoliopsida Order: Caryophyllales Family: Cactaceae Subfamily: Cactoideae Tribe: Trichocereeae Genus: Echinopsis Species: E. macrogona
Binomial name
Echinopsis macrogona (S.D.) H.Friedrich & G.D.Rowley
Synonyms
Cereus macrogonus Trichocereus macrogonus

Echinopsis macrogona or Trichocereus Macrogonus

There are 60 known species of Tricocereus, many of which contain psychoactive alkaloids such as mescaline. Trichocereus Macrogonus, a close cousin to the San Pedro, Peruvian Torch and Trichocereus bridgesii, is a blue-green Trichocereus. They are very hardy and easy to grow. It contains less than 1% of 3, 4 dimethoxyphenylethylamine, less than 1% of 3-methoxytyramine, less than 1% of tyramine and more than 5% of mescaline. Tricocereus macrogonus " Big Mac " is the fastest growning of all the Tricos. Growing so fast that 2 feet per year is common , sometimes splitting their own skin.