Neofinetia falcata (Project 6b - Spring 2008)

[kavanaru]

and this is my project plant I missed the first spike almost completelly, but have been rewarded with a nice second spike and two new just starting to grow

Delicious fragrance... reminds me a lot of a perfume my sister used to wear, but I cannot remember the name of it... a mixture of Jasmine and almonds...


I know, I know, the last two pictures are neither Neofinetia nor orchids, but I just like the pictures of my blooming Rose (left) and Orange (right) Pelargonia

[Becca]

Wow! Great pictures Ramon! So which Neo is this one? It sure is a beauty? Also, are there two separate Neo's you took pictures of? One appears to have some pink that a few of the other photo's do not show? Thanks for sharing!

[kavanaru]

Wow Becca, you have good eyes it is the same plant Amami Furan, and indeed some flowers have some pink touch on them, but very discret and almost invisible

I also have Amami x sib (Ching Hua Orchids) which I hope have pure white flowers. As well as, 'Suruga Fukurin' & 'Yodonomatu' which are supposed to have pure white flowers, but different leave. Then also 'Ogonmaru' (NWO) for yellow flowers, 'Benisuzume' (NWO) for pink and 'Hisui' for green (according to NWO most probably 'Suikaden' instead, due to the bean shaped leave, however the vendor Ching Hua Orchids insists that the plants are Hisui selected for round leave and is a meristem from Seoul where the original plant has been a Tokyo awarded Hisui)

[Becca]

I just love the Amami Furan! I can't wait to be able to purchase more someday! It is going on my list. So far I have mounted 2 of my Neo's (not from NWO)....they seem to like it better that way...or maybe I should say they seem to be able to handle my watering of moss better that way....lol. I have a third (from NWO) that I am going to mount due to the same watering issue and the forth (from NWO) is still potted traditional style and seems to be doing ok as far as I can tell.

Does anyone else have any experience with growing Neo's in other potting mediums?

[cb977]

Thanks for the show, Ramon

They're all gorgeous!

[kavanaru]

funny... I just read this in the Yvonne's Orchids Fancy's wesite "Neofinetia falcata Flowers extremely fragrant, brilliant white, about 3 cm across, spur about 3.5 cm long" then I ask myself: Do they sell giant neos or do I have dwarf ones? the flowers of my Neos are less than 1 cm across, and the spur is over 4 cm long (I think I've won with the spur )

[Bird Song Farm]

Paul are all those blossoms on the Amami Furan on one spike? My spike appears to have only 2 or 3 buds.....

Al

Becca, any chance of a photo of your mounted Neo'?
They sound intriguing.

[cowboy51278]

Originally Posted by Bird Song Farm

Paul are all those blossoms on the Amami Furan on one spike? My spike appears to have only 2 or 3 buds.....

Al

Becca, any chance of a photo of your mounted Neo'?
They sound intriguing.

No, both my Neos put out 3 spikes. The bigger plant had a total of 24 blooms on it. The smaller one had about 18 I think.

[Ross]

Here is my contribution. Project plant bloomed right on schedule (Neo Amami Furan) Still can't detect any fragrance. Maybe my nose is broken?

[Bird Song Farm]

Good Going Ross!
AL