G'Day from Australia

Hello,

Or as we say here "G'Day"

My name is Grant, I am very new here and I am from Australia.

Still learning how to navigate the forums and very happy to be here to learn more about breeding.

I am in my 4th season of breeding now, working with Trichocereus, Echinopsis and some Lobivia this year.

Graser's Schonste is my favourite plant and I am working to create new hybrids with a similar flower and body shape but with new colours.

Unfortunately, it is difficult to find nice plants like Graser's Schonste in Australia, I am very fortunate to have it.

Next season, I am hoping Super Apricot will flower for me.

Cheers,

Grant

Hi Walter,

Thanks for your warm welcome. I am in a small town, Temora in the state of New South Wales. We have 4 distinct seasons, with winter lows of -6 C sometimes, frost but no snow. Summer is dry and hot, up to 44 C at extremely high.

I have around 60 sqm of nursery space and around another 80-100 sqm of outdoor garden space in ground and extra outdoor space for potted plants too. I also grow columnar Trichocereus and like to pollinate them with coloured flower plants.

I have attached some photos of my nursery and garden.

The red flowered plant is a mother to some of my more advanced Grasers Schonste crosses, which I have grafted. The small variegated graft is a Scopulicola x Graser's Schonste. I have also included photos of other grafts, Super Apricot and Flying Dragon which I hope will bloom for me this coming Spring.

Cheers,

Grant

G'Day Rainer,

Thanks for your warm welcome.

Yes, heading into winter here so I will be watching all your flowers for the next 5-6 months until I see my own.

Here's some photos of a popular plant down here called Supernova. The seed was not sown by me, but I am breeding it other plants with it and am propagating it. I'm most excited for my crosses with it involving Graser's Schnöste and Flying Saucer.

It was grown from seed made by Axel Neuman.

Cheers,

Grant

Thanks Pat, appreciate it!

The plants, pictures and people here have been amazing already.

Really looking forward to learning more from you all and contributing too.

Cheers

Zitat von Katja

Hi Grant,

welcome to the forum. It's nice to see someone from Australia here. You have quite a nice space for your cacti there and they seem to grow really well in New South Wales. It looks like the big ones on the last photo are actually growing outside without any protection from cold in winter. I have to carry all the plants into the heated greenhouse or into the house for winter.

Please enjoy the forum!

kind regards,

Katya

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Hi Katya,

Thanks for your warm welcome. I'm glad I found it and that Google translate can help me chat to you all. It does get quite cold here in winter, but nowhere near the freezing temperatures many here have to deal with, I'm quite fortunate to have the space and ability to grow outdoors. I will be removing a lot of these plants over the next year though so I can put some Terscheckii, Chiloensis and Validus in the ground. Growing those to flower and then adding colored flower pollen to them could produce some very nice results.

Thanks again,

Grant

Zitat von Marias Cactus

Cheers mate!!!

Cheers!