Neofinetia falcata
 

Hi to all,

Well, this species is very popular I think, and is my only vandaceous orchid furthermore my two or three phalaenopsis. The reason is because Vandas are too big for my space, and too expensive for a student! I hope in future I can try with some of them.

This one is cultivated in a wood basket as you can see, with sphagnum moss.

It's perfume....:bowing :bowing is one of the best!!

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Fabrizio.

Hi and welcome to the group. I'm fairly new to Neos as well and fine them and the people here on the forum a lot of fun.

Cheers.
Jim

That's a beutiful orchid!!

Oh wow, your pics ares stunning!! :bowing I love Neos, they are the best orchids. :) How long have you had this one? It looks well established in its basket.

Just one thing : WOW !!!
Beautiful plant and bloom, and photograph !

can you tell us more about your growing conditions (temperatures variation through the year, light...) ?

That's a very nicely grown Neo! Welcome to Orchid Board and thanks for sharing your beautiful plant with us.

Can you tell us a bit about how you grow it? We're always interested in the different ways people grow their plants! Is it in a greenhouse?

Fantastic chid and photo! :bowing

:drool:
dang! I want mine to look like that! lol
yes! please share your growing tips!

Outstanding! It is clearly very happy! I would like to know as well how long you have been growing it! Glad you have joined us here on the Orchid Board....we have more then several members who are Neofinetia crazed and we all LOVE seeing pictures! Thanks for sharing!

Very nice photos, and plant!!!

Thank you!

I've had this plant for two years now. It was a gift from a friend. Then I put it in to the basket and added some Tillandsias and it seems to like it.

It its hanging in mi growing area, may be at 1.5 meters from the floor. So it receives a medium luminocity. I water every day in summer because is very hoy here, and in winter I only do it when I see that the sphagnum is totally dry.

I don't have greenhouse, mi "little corner" or "bunker" (as I'm used to call my growing area) is an iron structure with this transparent plastic common in all greenhouses. Abobe this plastic I use a fabric to provide some shade, here we call ir "sarán" o "media sombra". But it isn't totally close, so it cannot create greenhouse efect (I mean "efecto invernadero").

I fertilize it all year with Peter's 20-20-20.

After this bloom, the little plant decide to show two more spikes! But I don't think it is a good idea to leave them bloom, beause I like to give some "rest" time to my plants, so they don't suffer such a big stress.

Hugs!

You should let it spike! The plant looks happy and healthy (a credit to your growing skills:) ), and it wouldn't have spiked if it didn't have the energy to do so. So, I say, let it bloom!!:)
Do you have pics of your orchid 'bunker'? I'm curious to see what it looks like!

Thank you very much!

I will take some pics of my bunker so I can show to you. It's just a kind of protective structure for them!

Great looking healthy plant. I agree with all of the posters that you should let it flower and enjoy the sweet scent!!:love: