Scottish Rock Garden Club Forum
Specific Families and Genera => Cacti and Succulents => Topic started by: erekose on May 09, 2010, 01:06:24 PM
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Hi
Anybody grow Maihuenia or Austrocactus or know a good source for them? I am interested in acquiring plants / cuttings of Maihuenia & Austrocactus to try growing outside.
Thanks
Erekose
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Not too hard to find Maihuenia poepigii, but M. patagonica is pretty rare. Also not as attractive, so stick to M. poepegii :) I sometimes have cuttings but not right now. I thought I saw some at an Alpine Nursery recently. Somewhere listed on here maybe?
Austrocactus are less common. I know a few people that have them but not so many selling them. Rene Geissler had a few recently, and also Maihuenia:
http://freespace.virgin.net/geissler.w/
You could also try Ian Robinson:
http://website.lineone.net/~igandjm.robinson/
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Kakteen Haage (http://www.kakteen-haage.de/shop/oxid.php/lang/1/) sells Maihuenia poeppigii & patagonica and Austrocactus hibernus & spiniflora.
It's a very good postorder company.