Neofinetia falcata (Project 6b - Spring 2008)

[Ross]

Originally Posted by gmdiaz

That makes sense. . .don't the T-5 lights have a broader spectrum? And a more intense light?

I am currently using gro bulbs in my Exo Tank. . .wimpy wimpy wimpy.

But just so you know. . .I bought two T-5 lights yesterday and can't wait to test it with my light meter.

Don't know about "broader spectrum". I use a blend of 6500K lights and 3000" lights to try and achieve a balance near 5000K. This isn't for the plants, it's for my photos. t5 are the highest intensity of all the florescent series. The Metal Halide and HPS bulbs are way higher, but also hotter - not a good thing in our case.

[gmdiaz]

Originally Posted by Ross

Don't know about "broader spectrum". I use a blend of 6500K lights and 3000" lights to try and achieve a balance near 5000K. This isn't for the plants, it's for my photos.

Oh I see. . .lolol

[stonedragonfarms]

Marilyn: my grandparents used to have a horse hair sofa when I was a kid...we used to get up a run and hit the sofa...and promptly slide off. Sorry you have depressing memories of yours...I don't think my grandparent's sofa was ever actually sat on, just used by their kids and grandkids as a form of amusement.
Adam

[Grandma M]

There is no way anyone could slide of the one I sat on. Maybe the nap, or whatever is would be called, ran the wrong way on that one.

No Adam, I don't have fond memories of that sofa.

Marilyn

[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

[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.

[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

[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