Lophophora williamsii var. fricii plants

[roach]

My Lophophora williamsii var. fricii plants that need to be planted.

[roach]

This is what they look like after being in soil for a few weeks.

[Chief BigTittyFlapFlaps]

those are beautiful

[roach]

One of the plants started to flowers few days ago.

[Chief BigTittyFlapFlaps]

do you know exactly what variety of lophophora this is? 

[Trichocereus]

It looks like a 6-7 year old Lophophora williamsii.

[Chief BigTittyFlapFlaps]

i think it's going from 5-8 ribs right now that's why the sections don't look defined.  that's part of my confusion.  i found some good references below.  i am trying to figure out what variety (texana, pluricostata...) but this seems like a difficult task given the diversity of its species. 

http://www.kadasgarden.com/CLophophorawilliamsii.html

http://www.erowid.org/references/refs_view.php?A=ShowDocPartFrame&ID=7122&DocPartID=6461

[Chief BigTittyFlapFlaps]

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[Tranquil_mind]

very beautiful! thanks for sharing!

[Inyan]

Regional varieties are definitely challenging to say the least. So many simply list their seeds as Lophophora williamsi with no mention of the locality or region they were found in so there is no telling whether the seeds are north regional crossed to south regional specimens or north regional specimens of different localities crossed to each other... or simple what is being expressed. To be honest, many don't care and from a hybridizers standpoint if the cacti has traits your going after it doesn't matter too much, but these things are nice to know especially if the trait you are looking for is hidden in a specific local or regions gene pool.