Maihuenia & Austrocactus

[erekose]

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

[iann]

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/

[WimB]

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.