SuccSeed
Cactus
& Succulent seeds
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Introduction |
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SuccSeed offer seeds of cacti and
other succulents and is specialized in south american genera.
In our small greenhouse we grow many hundred species of Lobivia
and Rebutia which are carefully pollinated by hand. Most of the
material have a fieldnumber and/or locality data. We try to pollinate
as much as we can, to be able to offer the seeds to other growers
around the world. |
Due to a close cooperation with specialist
growers all over the world we can offer you many species which
never have been possible to obtain before.
SuccSeed
can offer over 350 Rebutia and 200 Lobivia, there are over 100
Eriosyce, many Gymnocalycium and Echinopsis. These Andean plants
are highly recommended for all growers: They stay rather small,
they are extremely variable in body, spination and flower colour
and are easy to grow. They can also resist low temperatures during
winter and flower easily. They have been our favourites
for many years and so will. For those who prefer other succulents,
we also offer Lithops - 'living stones', Euphorbia, Pachypodium
and many other interesting genera.
For
our nordic customers in special, we also offer books, square
pots, soil mixtures, labels, fertilizers and much more.
About Mats Winberg ...
I have been growing cacti for nearly 20 years. Very early I focused
on the south 
american
genera and in 1983 I started to build up a reference collection
of Lobivia and Rebutia. Some of the seeds or plants came from
commercial nurseries around the world, from friends or botanical
gardens but also from the well known collector Walter Rausch. Today
we have close contact with many experts on south american genera,
who send us seeds every year.
In 1986 I made my first trip
to Argentina, were I hiked with a rucksack on my back for six
weeks. In 1988 I returned and stayed for five cold weeks in the
provinces Salta and Jujuy, concentrating my search for Lobivia
and Rebutia on Quebrada del Toro and the remote area around Valle
Grande. A few years later, in 1990, I made my longest trip; two
weeks alone to cover Valle Grande, Santa Ana and Caspalá,
four weeks with my friend Mats Hjertson and after this, four
weeks with my wife Karin in the provinces Tucuman, Salta and
Jujuy. Karin and I returned in 1993, for a hiking trip around
the beautiful little village Iruya. Many nice plants were found
and we were able to bring a lot of nice slides and some seed
back to Sweden.