Verne's Wild Andes

Verne's Wild Andes is a massive Macrogonus style Peruvianus from famed cactus seller Verne.

 This is a quote from the legendary cactus affinity about his acquisition of the Verne's Andes Clones

"Verne grew out a big batch of Julio’s IcarosDNA seeds and was very pleased with them. He called them Wild Andes.

The first years they grew he sold chunky potted seedlings and several times I stayed up late into the night watching eBay to buy as many as possible. Verne’s auctions always ended in the middle of the night - later I learned that he operated on a very shifted schedule staying up through the night and attempting to sleep through the hottest parts of the day. 

Eventually Verne stopped selling the seedlings and planted his remaining Wild Andes seedlings at his Escalon ranch. As they grew out he sold hundreds of cuttings from these plants.

After his death in 2022 most of Verne's cactuses were moved to the Cactus Affinity farm and potted up or planted back into the ground. 

The cuttings on this page come from the heritage Wild Andes cactuses Verne kept to grow at his ranch."