I realize that. not to many places have grass trees
& still not gonna come out & say precisely where i am or what i grow apart from the saguaro.

But i am grateful for the advise on movin the big prickly beauty.

Wow the truck in the top link would be the go dave, is that an old drilling rig truck?

Thanks for the links & advise guys. I was planning on hiring a tilt tray truck, the kind they use to carry cars for the move Dave. I'm thinking that i might weld up a long steel framed crate with lifting hooks & tine holes for the actual move & to make it easier to unload it. Good point ...

Thanks Dave, i'm slowly digesting all the info in those links, old carpet idea looks like a nice cheap disposable form of padding :) Im not even in the same hemisphere so the only laws i really need to worry about Saxicola are weight & height limits on the road. Unfortunately nurserymen here hav...

I've been involved in salvaging plants deceased estate, the property is to be sold for development into units/townhouses so anything that stays will go to the dump. Now to the nitty gritty there is a 15' saguaro in one of the gardens that will be going through a wood chipper if i cant find a way to ...

Unfortunately the only mention Leptocereus gets in The Great Cacti is on page 225 where it says that Armatocereus & Leptocereus are more or less direct descendants of primordial cacti, presumably Pereskia or something similar.

Does anyone have any experience with or knowledge of Leptocereus paniculatus (aka Cereus paniculatus, Neoabbottia paniculatus) particularly any cultural notes and traditional uses. All i've found thus far is a single paragraph that gets repeated across the internet stating that Leptocereus fruit wer...