What is the Peruvian torch?

Peruvian torch, also known by its Latin names echinopsis Peruviana or Trichocereus Peruviana , is a type of cacti originally from the mountain regions in Ecuador and Bolivia. It is known that it grows at a rapid pact of 1 to 2 feet (0.3 to 0.6 meters) per year and its native placement is located at an altitude of 1,000 to 3,000 feet (0.3 to 0.91 kilometers). The torch cactus has a bluish color with reddish -brown spines and a column shape that grows to a height of 16 feet (5 meters). It is often confused with a different related diversity of cacti known as San Pedro Cactus or Trichocereus Pachanoi , which has shorter spines than the Peruvian torch, but otherwise looks identical. 900 BC for religious purposes. Among the cacti in general, this considered the most psychoactive, containing mescalin compound at concentrations of about 0.5%as soon as it was completely dried. Mescalin is a hallucinogenic drug used by many Indian tribes in America because it also occurs in the variety toAkus widespread in the desert areas of the American state of Texas and Mexico, known as Peyote.

mescalin causes visual hallucinations and altered states of consciousness that can be pleasant or emotionally worrying depending on the unique user reactions. It is not known that drugs are physically addictive, but can cause side effects such as severe nausea, diarrhea and vomiting or heart conditions. Some indigenous American tribes have taken these side effects as beneficial and considered them a special type of body cleaning that is incorporated into drug rituals.

It is easy to grow from seeds or cuttings because of the durable nature of the Peruvian cactal. It can also be regularly connected despite the fact that it is a desert plant, and this will not damage it. Because it grows on the side of the mountains, it is only a few hours of direct sunlight.

Several varieties of flowering cactSU produces fruit from flowers if it stays long enough. It is known that the Peruvian torch produces large white flowers that create the seed, but it is not known that it occurs in this species. However, the related diversity of cereus cacti creates flowers and fruit.

Cereus The types of cacti are strongly similar to the type of trichocereus , which includes Peruvian torches and others, such as Cardon Grande, or Trichocereus Terscheckii . The differences include that cacti torches have a kind of characteristic flower stem and ribbed parties that are in the shape of a plump, unlike the thin ribs cereus . Cacti varieties cereus are also mescalin, so they tend to have a wider distribution on the market in places that limit the sale of tribes trichocereus .