Trichocereus pachanoi

San Pedro

Isolated Chemicals:

Documents:

• Peyote and Other Psychoactive Cacti
  by Adam Gottlieb, 1977. "How to use them - How to extract them - What they contain - Where to obtain them - How to cultivate them and increase their potency"
• San Pedro Potency FAQ
  An inforrmal response to some common questions. From Usenet, 1994.
• Extracting alkaloids from Trichocereus cacti
• San Pedro Grower's Guide
• Extraction of Cactus Alkaloids
• Cactus Excerpts and Commentary
  From a variety of sources
• Mescaline: A Psychedelic Catalyst for Healing
  An informative article on mescaline and mescaline-containing cacti, including history, anthropology, and preparation.
• San Pedro Dosage Discussion
  Informal; addresses some common questions.
• Opinions on Preparing and Preserving San Pedro
• San Pedro as food.
  Recipes adapted from nopales recipes, with useful commentary.

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Contacts and URLs:

• Erowid (homepage, more info)
  "Documenting the Complex Relationship between Humans and Psychoactives"
  • Cacti Vault
    Links and information on psychoactive cacti other than peyote. (related items...)
• Knehnav's Homepage (homepage, more info)
  • San Pedro
    Cultivation info and pictures (related items...)
• Miscellaneous URLs
  • The Essential Psychedelic Guide
    The late D.M. Turner's psychonautic handbook (related items...)

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Images:

• Peyote and Pedro
  6-ribbed San Pedro next to some flowering Peyote
• Amazing Pedros
  a group of very tall specimens, with many flowers
• Trichocereus spp.
• Amazing Pedros - Night shot
  Very mature specimens in full blossom
• Trichocereus pachanoi mutations
  Four bizarre Pedros
• Trichocereus pachanoi Specimen
  Top view of specimen showing rib structure. Bought at local nursery when ~5 years old. The plant is about 5 feet tall with one branch at base (shown). The picture was taken in early spring: observe the difference between older, darker, waxy skin and brigh
• Trichocereus pachanoi (San Pedro) cactus at market
  Some freshly cut Pedros for sale at a market in Iquitos
• Trichocereus pachanoi Specimen
  Single specimen in bloom with several beautiful white flowers.
• Trichocereus pachanoi in the wild (San Pedro)
  Professional looking photograph of 2 Pedros in the wild
• Pedro flowers at night
  Large T. pachanoi with 4 spectacular flowers.

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Trip Reports:

• Meeting Pedro in Ecuador
  Substances: Trichocereus pachanoi
• The Fantastic Journey into the Deepest Reaches of Innerspace and Thought Through San Pedro Raul A. L. JR.: "Everything flows and exists together. I could see everything as eternal. So beautiful and everlasting"
  Substances: Trichocereus pachanoi

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Children:

• Trichocereus pachanoi var. cristata
• Trichocereus pachanoi var. monstrosus
• Trichocereus pachanoi, jewel's giant strain