What plant do you want most, but have been unable to find?

GeneS · Post by **GeneS** » Wed Jan 27, 2010 8:44 pm

My want list is almost endless and increases every time I see a show or neat presentation but the one thing I have lusted for over the years is the strange Brazilian, Stephanocereus luetzelburgii. It has been in a lot of other genera over the years - Pilosocereus, Coleocephalocereus, and others. Found in in a few seed/plant lists here and there but never have managed to receive an order.

Any hints greatly appreciated !!

Cheers ... GeneS

Post by **CoronaCactus** » Wed Jan 27, 2010 9:07 pm

Gene,
3 names come to mind with that plant:
Pierre Braun (pbraunger@aol.com)
Eddie Esteves (http://www.cactos.com.br)
Marlon Machado

i only have contact info for Pierre or Eddie from a 2003 Kaktusy journal (shown above) but I'm sure a google search or some other journals will turn up a current email/website.

Marlon has a website: http://www.brcactaceae.org/e_index.html

Ken1983 · Post by **Ken1983** » Sun Mar 14, 2010 2:38 pm

My wish list. Hope to grow them from seed. Anyone with spares or selling please PM me.

Turbinicarpus pseudopectinatus
Astrophytum caput medusae

PoC · Post by **PoC** » Sun Mar 14, 2010 8:44 pm

Just when I start to be ok with not having every fantasy cactus in my collection I stumble upon this thread...now I'm infected again

Arjen · Post by **Arjen** » Mon Mar 15, 2010 9:27 am

browsing my encyclopediae I have recently started to make a wish list, so far by country, it's extensive and I guess I'll have to grow most plants from seed, IF I can get any
here it is:

Mexico
ancistrocactus megarhizus
" uncinatus (sclerocactus uncinatus)
ariocarpus fissuratus
coryphanta elephantidens
" " ssp. bumamma
echinocactus horizonthalionus
echinocereus morricalii (e. viereckii ssp. morricalii)
" pulchellus
" subinermis
echinofossulocactus arrigens (stenocactus crispatus)
" coptonogonus (s. coptonogonus)
escobaria grata (found it nowhere on the internet)
ferocactus pilosus
gymnocactus viereckei (turbinicarpus viereckii)
lemaireocereus chende (polaskia chende)
leuchtenbergia principis
machaerocereus eruca (stenocereus eruca)
mammilaria deherdtiana
" geminispina
" guelzowiana
" perezdelareosea
" surculosa
neolloydia conoidea
nopalea nuda (opuntia nuda)
nopalxochia phyllanthoides (disocactus phyllantoides)
opuntia azurea
" stanlyi (grusonia emoryi)
stenocereus marginatus (pachycereus marginatus)
strombocactus disciformis
thelocactus bueckii (t. tulensis bueckii)
" heterochromus
turbinicarpus flaviflorus (t. schmiedickeanus flaviflorus)
" pseudomacrochele
" pseudopectinatus

USA
echinocereus chloranthus (e. viridiflorus chloranthus)
" triglochidiatus
echinomastus intertextus
opuntia phaeacantha
pediocactus bradyi

Peru
corryocactus apiciflorus
haageocereus acranthus
" chrysacanthus (h. pseudomelanostele)
lobivia jajoiana (echinopsis marsoneri)
" wrightiana (e. backebergii)
matucana paucicostata
opuntia pachypus (austrocylindropuntia pachypus)
oroya peruviana
tephrocactus kuehnrichianus (cumulopuntia sphaerica)
trixanthocereus blossfeldiorum (espostoa blossfeldiorum)
wittia amazonica (disocactus amazonicus)

Bolivia
cintia knizei
frailea chiquitana
gymnocalicium pflanzii
helianthocereus tarijensis (echinopsis tarijensis)
lobivia backebergii (e. backebergii)
" tiegeliana (e. tiegeliana)
parodia schwebsiana
quiabentia pflanzii
rebutia albiareolata (r. pseudodeminuta)
" heliosa
" " var. condorensis
" mixticolor (r. pygmaea)
" muscula
" perplexa
" pygmaea haagei
" steinmannii
sulcorebutia alba (rebutia canigueralii)
" breviflora (r. caineana)
" candidae (r. arenacea 'candidae')
" gerosenilis (unknown here?)
" rauschii (r. canigueralii)
" steinbachii (r. steinbachii)
" swobodae (r. mentosa swobodae)
" verticallacantha (r. canigueralii)
tephrocactus pentlandii (cumulopuntia pentlandii)
trichocereus tacaquirensis (echinopsis tacaquirensis)
weingartia neumanniana ssp. kargliana (rebutia neumanniana)

Argentina
blossfeldia liliputana
cleistocactus smaragdiflorus
denmoza rhodacantha
echinopsis mamilllosa kermesina
gymnocalicium bruchii
" carminanthum
" ochoterenae
" oenanthemum
" ragonesei
helianthocereus grandiflorus (echinopsis huascha)
lobivia chrysantha (e. chrysantha)
opuntia subulata (austrocylindropuntia subulata)
parodia nivosa
" sanguiniflora (p. microsperma sanguiniflora)
rebutia aureiflora
" huasiensis
" marsoneri
tephrocactus articulatus
trichocereus poco (echinopsis tarijensis ssp. totorensis)

that's it for now, but I'm still working on the other countries, more later

peterb · Post by **peterb** » Mon Mar 15, 2010 3:19 pm

nice list! Looks like Escobaria grata was only described in 2001. (Escobaria grata Kaplan M., Kunte L., Šnicer J. spec. nova, Kaktusy, 37 : 34-37, 2001)

Apparently it is now considered a subsp. of hesteri.

peterb

Post by **daiv** » Mon Mar 15, 2010 5:51 pm

Yeow! That's an ambitious list! Well, one step at a time I guess.

Arjen · Post by **Arjen** » Tue Mar 16, 2010 8:15 am

well of course I don't need to have them all next year (well... maybe I DO,hehe)
these will just be plants I'm on the lookout for and this will also be a list to decide which seeds to grow next year. I'm aiming for the most challenging ones, learning by trial and error is THE way to go.
and rebutia, loads of them!

peter, thanks for the header, I'll put it in my notes, maybe it'll make that one easier to find!
would you perhaps also know something about sulcorebutia gerosenilis?

Peterthecactusguy · Post by **Peterthecactusguy** » Tue Mar 16, 2010 8:39 am

Iann,
I can see why you want that plant its cool.

Well I finally picked up my O. engelmannii var linguformis (Cow's Tongue PP). Someone had a junk one that they wanted to get rid of and so I got some pads off of it.

Now I am thinking I want another PP I saw at desert botanical garden. I am pretty sure it was from TX and was called the Black Spined PP since it had dark spines... they looked COOL
(edit) I looked up that black spined PP and it is called O. macrocentra

Jens · Post by **Jens** » Wed Mar 17, 2010 8:54 pm

iann wrote:I was going to suggest that L. williamsii seed is fairly easy to obtain even though the plant is illegal in the US, and not hard to grow. However it seems like it may be a little too hard to grow

Like others, there isn't anything I'm desperately searching for. That's one of the benefits of growing from seed even if I don't have large specimens of everything.

New Lithops forms will always be welcome as I come across them, but I have every species and most subspecies and varieties. I'll pick up or grow from seed some more own-root Pediocactus, likely to be a perpetual job since they are not easy. I do fancy Echinocereus viridiflorus var canus and Austrocylindripuntia malyanus on its own roots, I'm sure I'll get both sooner or later even if I have to grow them myself.

Probably the single plant I would most be looking for is not a Lithops, not even a cactus or mesemb, but Anacampseros comptonii. Perhaps because I was sent seed that turned out to be something else, I really want this now but plants are almost never for sale and even seed is very rare. Take a look:
http://www.pbase.com/mamman/image/8205984

I've seen one in the flesh but they're supposed to be quite tricky.

Hello Ian
Did you come across the Atomic Plant Nursery (They are located near a nuclear reactor near Munich)?
They have quite a few anacampseros but not your sought after one.

http://www.atomic-plant.de/start%20dt.html

jenni · Post by **jenni** » Thu Mar 18, 2010 3:21 am

Almost everything I want, I have found in time. The cactus I would love to get that I cannot find is Brachycereus nesioticus from the Galapagos Islands.

Gnostic · Post by **Gnostic** » Mon Oct 25, 2010 2:48 am

I would love to have a trichocereus bridgessi f. crestate and a t. bridgessi f. monstrose/variegated.

tvaughan · Post by **tvaughan** » Tue Oct 26, 2010 12:17 pm

arjen, if you were here in the US I'd be able to help you quite a bit.....

Arjen · Post by **Arjen** » Wed Oct 27, 2010 5:53 am

well, as I'm not, I guess that's a bummer then.
however, do you have seeds? those can be easily sent..

on another note I'm quite curious what I'm missing out on!

on yet another note I've noticed I forgot to put the rest of the list here

Brasil
discocactus nigrisaetosus (d. heptacanthus)
gymnocalicium denudatum
melocactus azureus
notocactus concinnus (parodia concinna)
" graessneri (p. haselbergii ssp. graessneri)
" horstii (p. horstii)
" tephracanthus (p. erinacea)
" uebelmannianus (p. werneri)
quiabentia zehntneri
parodia maassii
" nivosa
pereskia aculeata
uebelmanniana pectinifera

Chile
copiapoa cinerea ssp. gigantea var. haseltoniana (c. haseltoniana)
" coquimbana
" krainziana
" laui
" taltalensis
" tenuissima
eriosyce subgibbosa
horridocactus curvispinus (eriosyce curvispina)
neochilenia imitans (e. napina)
" napina (e. napina)
" paucicostata (e. taltalensis ssp. paucicostata)
" " var. viridis (e. taltalensis ssp. paucicostata)
neoporteria chilensis (e. chilensis)
" gerocephala (e. senilis)
" jussieui/neochilenia deherdtiana (e. heinrichiana)
" microsperma var. serenana (e. subgibbosa)
" multicolor (e. senilis)
" tuberisulcata (e. curvispina (var. tuberisulcata))
" villosa (e. villosa)
trichocereus skottsbergii (echinopsis skottsbergii)

Uruguay
frailea asteroides (f. castanea)
gymnocalicium netrelianum
notocactus apricus (parodia concinna)
" corynodes (p. sellowii)
" macambarensis (p. mammulosa)
" roseoluteus (p. mammulosa)
" scopa (p. scopa)
parodia rutilans

Paraguay
gymnocalicium mihanovichii
notocactus grossei (parodia schumanniana)

Bahama's
mammillaria nivosa

Cuba
selenicereus urbanianus

Cultivars
mammillaria spinosissima 'un pico'
notocactus ottonis var. vencluanus (parodia ottonis)

paul280981 · Post by **paul280981** » Wed Oct 27, 2010 9:27 am

A 10 metre large Suguaro Cactus in my back yard

I know some of you are lucky enough to be surrounded buy them, but we really just don't have the climate here in Melbourne. 3 months of heat just isn't enough.

A 10 metre large T. Pasacana would be nice, but I don't think i'd live to be 110