Neofinetia falcata (Project 6b - Spring 2008)

[camille1585]

Originally Posted by shakkai

Camille, I sent a list of the ones I wanted/was interested in, but I've not had confirmation yet that they are 'ordered'... but I think they have been a bit busy with all of the orders to these guys!!

Ok, maybe I should wait a week or two for him to recover!(No wonder people on the french forum have not been getting responses from him this week for the Tatton show!) Anyways, I still haven't picked my one Neo. I've been putting off that difficult decision. I'm hesitating between 8 different ones!

[shams]

Originally Posted by shakkai

Camille, I sent a list of the ones I wanted/was interested in, but I've not had confirmation yet that they are 'ordered'... but I think they have been a bit busy with all of the orders to these guys!!

With the Canadian orders, I know he was going to wait for the CITES permits before sending out confirmation emails. It's probably the same for European orders It's why I called him in the first place. I wasn't sure the email went through.

[Ross]

Originally Posted by shakkai

It sounds like Christmas!! Everyone has packages to open!!
It is great seeing all of the photos!

For those that got more than one Neo, please let me know when you decide which one will be your 'project' plant, so that I can note it with our list of project participants!!

Mine's gonna be the first one to bloom Later...

[stonedragonfarms]

Originally Posted by cowboy51278

Ok. I went from pouting to panic. I went downstairs for my ice cream and as soon as I hit the kitchen there was a knock at the door. It was one of the village postal carriers (not mine). He had accidently picked up my box from New Worlds this morning in his haste to get out the door and was dropping it off for me. I was grateful and then he says that my carrier yelled at him right before he came down because she knows when I have a package its a plant and not to leave it on the steps in extreme cold or heat and just to leave me a note and I'll come up and get it. Well lets just say that its a good thing that it was the neo's. The had been in his truck all morning and its in the lower 40's here today. They are COLD. Being they are pretty temp tolerent Im hoping they'll be fine. Its been a long week and my nerves are frazzled, don't need to add orchid drama to it. Anyways, here is my picture contribution. One of them was supposed to be Amami Island, but the tag says Amami Furan, I don't know if its a mix up or just another name for the same plant. Either way, Im happy. Its HUGE in comparison to the other one and the little one is the one I really wanted so no harm done.

Cowboi:

Furan is what Neofinetia is called in Japan (the traditional name at any rate...)
The Amami form is generally thought to be the larger "wild" form...
Adam

[cowboy51278]

well i knew that furan was what they called the neo in japan......wind orchid is what its supposed to mean. the neo i ordered is called neofinetia amami island. the tag i have from the one that came today says neofinetia amami furan

[stonedragonfarms]

My plants for Oakhill (and Orchids Limited) arrived today... enclosed are pics. This is the "standard" neo--I have a couple of the named varieties...but not the type. The two that follow are a Sedirea japonica (mounted from Oakhill) & another Sedirea japonica 'Kibanasoshin' (the yellow form) from Orchids Limited...
Adam

[stonedragonfarms]

Paul: I am guessing that somewhere on the tag there are the corresponding characters: 奄美の風蘭
Which...in romanized translation would be 'Amami Furan'... which would be "loosely" Amami Island (Ryuku) Wind Orchid
Adam

[cowboy51278]

Originally Posted by stonedragonfarms

Paul: I am guessing that somewhere on the tag there are the corresponding characters: 奄美の風蘭
Which...in romanized translation would be 'Amami Furan'... which would be "loosely" Amami Island (Ryuku) Wind Orchid
Adam

LOL, ok, Im going to bed. Its been a very long day. I just had a hard time with a name change and now your throwing squiggle marks at me

[stonedragonfarms]

Originally Posted by cowboy51278

LOL, ok, Im going to bed. Its been a very long day. I just had a hard time with a name change and now your throwing squiggle marks at me

Squiggle marks? How are they any different from these?
LOL

[cowboy51278]

Originally Posted by stonedragonfarms

Squiggle marks? How are they any different from these?
LOL

honestly, they are all starting to look the same. ive spent the afternoon crunching numbers for my tax appt. being self employed its not as simple as a w2. so after a lot of coffee and shuffling of papers im just glad im not talking in numbers