Hi Dima,
"If I try and add edit guides on top of it"
If been trying and it works for me as you can see in the gif below, I imported the guides from Maya using File-Send to Max-Update Current Scene. Try using "Reset XForm" on the guides in Max.
"if I add OX Hair from Guides only the Guides as Hair distribution works"
You have to turn OFF "Roots Detached" in OxGroundStrands. If the roots are detached from the surface Ox will not grow the hair on the distribution mesh, the guides will be used as hair instead without any interpolation.
Let me know if you have more questions.
Attached Files:Jeordanis Figuereo (Product Designer. EPHERE Inc.)