Neofinetia falcata (Project 6b - Spring 2008)

[stonedragonfarms]

Here's my follow-up as promised...

The first set is the plant as it came; the second & third are me playing around with pots...the pot that I went with is the same that the rest of my neos are potted in (go figure)--it is a "traditional" Japanese made furan pot.

I anticipate that I will move this plant up in the pot to expose more of the roots later, but at the moment the roots are quite short...so it will sit low in the pot for the time being.

Adam

[Ross]

So Adam, it looks like you inverted a standard clay pot, then set the plant on that, then placed new sphagnum around roots? Do I have that right?

[shakkai]

Super post, Adam!! That's fantastic, and I love seeing the Neo in all of the different pots - it really drives home the impact the pot has on the look of the plant.

Thanks so much!!!

[stonedragonfarms]

Nope...I just used the inverted pot to visualize what the plant would look like in the pot. There is a solid column of moss under the plant. I make a cylinder of moss, set the plant on top, work a bit of moss around the roots if need be, and set the column on a bed of moss in the pot. This is how I have always potted up my neos; as the roots grow down into the moss in the pot, I will refresh the moss, moving the plant a bit higher on the "hill" each time.
Adam

[gmdiaz]

Originally Posted by stonedragonfarms

Here's my follow-up as promised...

The first set is the plant as it came; the second & third are me playing around with pots...the pot that I went with is the same that the rest of my neos are potted in (go figure)--it is a "traditional" Japanese made furan pot.

I anticipate that I will move this plant up in the pot to expose more of the roots later, but at the moment the roots are quite short...so it will sit low in the pot for the time being.

Adam

What a great post, Adam! The photos are really helpful.

I really do just love the #5 pot you chose. Where are you finding the little furan pots? I've been looking for pots on the web all night and am not finding what I have in mind.

What I really want is a rustic Japanese tea bowl with a big hole in the bottom and three "feet." Those, I am not finding.

[stonedragonfarms]

Gwen:
most of the pots that I have I either brought back from Japan with me when I lived there or I have acquired on my travels. Google Tokoname Pots and see if you can find their master list...I know that they have this type of pot, but I am not sure who carries the line in the US (on the downside, they are quite expensive...) If there is a bonsai supply center near you you might also see if you can have a peek at one of their supply catalogs; a pot very much like the one you are describing is often used for trees grown in literati or windswept styles...
Good Growing,
adam

[shams]

Originally Posted by stonedragonfarms

Gwen:
most of the pots that I have I either brought back from Japan with me when I lived there or I have acquired on my travels. Google Tokoname Pots and see if you can find their master list...I know that they have this type of pot, but I am not sure who carries the line in the US (on the downside, they are quite expensive...) If there is a bonsai supply center near you you might also see if you can have a peek at one of their supply catalogs; a pot very much like the one you are describing is often used for trees grown in literati or windswept styles...
Good Growing,
adam

Adam, do the pots have to have the holes in the sides for better air flow? I'm curious, because a lot of the pots that I like only have a hole in the bottom. I know that furan sit quite high on their little mounds when they are potted traditionally, so I was curious if they really needed the holes in the sides of the pot.

[kavanaru]

as explainned in the http://www.orchidboard.com/community...updates-5.html I brought my Neofinetia falcata plants from Thun this weekend. I bought a white and a green form. Actually I wanted to buy white and purple, but made a mistake when picking the plants... so... I think I have an excuse to go and buy a purple one next time

here they are...

both plants next to each other for size comparison:


the larger one is Neofinetia falcata 'Amami' x sib (white flowers)


the smaller one is Neofinetia falcata 'Hisui' (green flowers) with gorgeous reddish roots...

[shams]

They are soooooo cute! Roots everywhere! You're going to have an awesome bloom with these guys.

[kavanaru]

that's what I hope they will be one of my this year challenges: new genus to try (Neofinetia, sedirea, and Phragmipedium) and new culture method (I will try the traditional japanese method for the Neos and probably also with one Sedirea)