New Neo Nut Member from Maryland, USA - Orchid Board

RobinDavis · #1 10-02-2015, 04:53 PM

I have been growing orchids since the 70's. I owned my own orchid business in the San Francisco Bay Area in the 80's. In the 90's I studied to be an AOS Judge. Today I am obsessed with Neofinetia falcata cultivars!

Do you have any Neofinetia falcata Fukiran cultivars that you would like to trade or sell? I am also interested in collecting AOS awarded neos. Got any?

It is fall here in Maryland so the days are getting colder. If we cannot trade soon perhaps in the spring?

Cntry · #2 10-02-2015, 05:25 PM

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Originally Posted by RobinDavis

I have been growing orchids since the 70's. I owned my own orchid business in the San Francisco Bay Area in the 80's. In the 90's I studied to be an AOS Judge. Today I am obsessed with Neofinetia falcata cultivars!

Do you have any Neofinetia falcata Fukiran cultivars that you would like to trade or sell? I am also interested in collecting AOS awarded neos. Got any?

It is fall here in Maryland so the days are getting colder. If we cannot trade soon perhaps in the spring?

Hello neighbor I am also from Maryland. I am in Baltimore. I started collection a little over a year ago.

RobinDavis · #3 10-02-2015, 05:36 PM

Hello Baltimore Neighbor,

What are you growing?

theloyalplum · #4 10-02-2015, 05:44 PM

Welcome!

The neo sub here has a wonderful amount of information!

Cntry · #5 10-02-2015, 05:45 PM

I have seedlings and also a project orchid as well as a few trades I did with some other members. My seedlings are just over a year old out of the flask. I deflasked them myself.

RobinDavis · #6 10-02-2015, 06:53 PM

So your seedlings are growing and you are learning about flasking and deflasking. I have done little of that. Have you tried your hand at flasking?

Cntry · #7 10-02-2015, 08:11 PM

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Originally Posted by RobinDavis

So your seedlings are growing and you are learning about flasking and deflasking. I have done little of that. Have you tried your hand at flasking?

I have just got into it. My flasks are ok still but I have not replated at all yet my own. I now have signs of germination in some of my jars. I have to much liquid in my jars I think, was my problem. But I went by what I read and tried it. My seeds were mostly nods, I also had a friend send me some of her seedlings after she deflasked but they were small and I tried replating them and didn't have luck at all. They died on me had mold on them. Which killed them in 2 days or my peroxide did after I swished them in that to try killing the mold before I put them in flasks.
I want to give it another shot but I need a sterile area to try it again.

wintergirl · #8 10-02-2015, 07:12 PM

Welcome to OrchidBoard

I have a few neos but not enough to trade.

RobinDavis · #9 10-02-2015, 08:29 PM

You are brave. I would like to try it. Some people have flasked in their oven. Do you have a laminar flow hood?

Cntry · #10 10-04-2015, 11:33 AM

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Originally Posted by RobinDavis

You are brave. I would like to try it. Some people have flasked in their oven. Do you have a laminar flow hood?

No I don't have a laminar flow hood at all wish I did. It would make it so much easier for me. What I did was used my orchid case just after I cleaned it. I sealed it with plastic in the front and left a small opening for my hands to enter. I wore gloves and kept everything sprayed down till I was finished.

I need to try again with some seeds. Using only a little solution in the jars this time once I put the seeds in. I just took off a pod on 9-23-2015 of Slc Fire Magic 'Solar Flare' they are the next seeds I would like to try.