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

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We don't get cacti that are on the rarer side. I'm looking for a myrtillocactus geometrizans crest ](*,)
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The topic says: "What plant do you want most", not seeds, that is unsure way to get (or not) a decent plant eventually after many years.

So I am looking for a mature, spiny, rare, well grown plant with some buds, also suitable for my home conditions. 8) Promise to post pictures very next day after it opens flowers! :lol:
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It's a toss-up because I have only been searching for a year. I've found Coleocephalocereus aureus (or Buiningia brevicylindrica) and these I really like
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I think that almost any cactus can be purchased online, but sending it internationally is a problem due to import restrictions.
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Cinitia knizei.
Furcaea foetida.
Agave americana mediopicta alba
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Cristate Peniocereus greggii. Never even seen one in pictures.
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tumamoc wrote:Cristate Peniocereus greggii. Never even seen one in pictures.
I'd take even just a regular one, but Crested :shock:, would be a dream come true.
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Question
Could artificial monstrose/crestate plants be created in a similar manner to chimeras? ergo to insert afflicted tissue(of at least a related plant) into another and make it monstrose or crestate? Because these mutations are often cause by microorganisms and or genetic malleability.
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Someday I'd love to grow Brasilicereus markgrafii & all the species of Leptocereus. Pipe Dreams, no doubt. :)
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Interesting choice.
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I want to get all the escobaria species and subspecies, though I have not been collecting cacti too long and am also a poor student.

Arthrocereus would also be great, as well as a replacement for my harrisia fragrans that decided to rot on me :(
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Nic wrote:...as well as a replacement for my harrisia fragrans that decided to rot on me :(
shoalcreeksucculents on eBay has a bunch of these available right now.
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Ferocactus Johnstonianus. Amazingly they seem to be quite readily available in most European countries.
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madaxeman wrote:Ferocactus Johnstonianus. Amazingly they seem to be quite readily available in most European countries.
Will have some available in spring.
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mdpillet wrote:
madaxeman wrote:Ferocactus Johnstonianus. Amazingly they seem to be quite readily available in most European countries.
Will have some available in spring.
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