"Junior" was about 4" thick at the base when I bought it. New growth was about 2" in diameter. At various points I truncated it and have ended up with bud, Betsy, and Budbud.

Right now, Betsy is about 2 feet tall. I've cut her top off and she's sprouting. One areole in the middle has some sort of infection and has died with black and white rings. Maybe 1/4 inch total. The scion and the cutting are doing fine. She ALMOST looks more like a spineless Bridgesii.

Bud's base is about 2" and is dying. Aparently, if you leave a scion on the parent for more than about 6 months, the scion sucks too much life out of the parent. I don't know the trick for avoiding this, but since none of the cactii have sprouted without being truncated, I think it's just a matter of not being in the proper environment for it to grow/root that much. Currently, Bud is more yellow-green and all of his areoles have lighter yellow patches around it. I've not given up on it yet though.

These seem to be VERY reactive to growing conditions. Low light, they still grow, but grow skinny if water is available. Betsy has some spots in the center that are less than an inch thick and others that are 2" thick. Too much sun can burn them. *sigh*

Spines are almost nonexistant, very small and very short. It has notchless ribs that are very wide with very little valley. They REALLY do best with a smaller diameter and longer column.

SS02 resembles the stout-spined Trichocereus bridgesii.
This hybrid seems to grow pretty slowly, but new growth is very dark.

The cactus doesn't look anything like what they described. But, it's neat. The column is relatively even thickness. The spines are short, but serious. Valleys are deeper. It's sprouted what looks like a pretty fat root about 4 inches above the dirt. No cuttings or scions after a year.

Juul’s Giant is a nearly spineless blue-green cactus related to T. Pachanoi. SS01 is supposed to be a T. Macrogonus.

This might be right. There is a slight notching of the ribs, consistant with Macrogonus. Short but serious spines like a tamed Pachanoi. Deep valleys. It's darker than the Macrogonus line. This one grows quickly. It ROOTS quickly. I cut the top off and in 2 months it's already grown another 2 inches and sprouted 2 scions. It's not even thickness, but not as crazy is Betsy.

I gave the top of this one to Mom as an office plant for Valentine's Day. It should stay dark and hearty. I'm hoping with the low light it won't require water very often. I warned her that water and light will make it grow VERY quickly.

This is my favorite cactus and seems to have great promise. Scion 1 hasn't grown much since excision. I hope I didn't cut it too short or too early. Scion 2 is still too small to consider cutting loose.

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