Some Neofinetia in bloom

[syspila]

Shoreguy...Most since 2013-2018...

[Shoreguy]

Do you grow in a greenhouse?

With so many spikes, why not some pictures of the more interesting ones?

[syspila]

Not in a greenhouse, so mine are just starting to show! No flowers yet...new phone this year, so I hopefully will have pics! For summer, I usually get mine out early April...covering for light frost. This year we had heavy frosts so I did not get mine out for Spring until Mid-May. All Winter, these were stuck under my basement grow light area (still using Cool White and Warm White Fluorescent Bulbs). I watered thoroughly every other week, or sometimes 3 a couple of times. Anyway, getting them out I noticed several with spikes and plantlets coming out. As of now, there are several starting to send flower spikes out with a few new plant growths. Musta done something right.

[bjmac]

[QUOTE=camille1585;922985]A few of my Neos are flowering this year. Only 4 out of 9, but it's still a good start! Taking nice photos has been challenging, it's difficult to get the exposure right on white flowers without making the rest of the plant too underexposed. So I fiddled around with indoor and outdoor photography, which was fun to do.

Great pictures and healthy plants with wonderful roots and blooms. Where did you find your net cores?

[camille1585]

Originally Posted by bjmac

Great pictures and healthy plants with wonderful roots and blooms. Where did you find your net cores?

I got them at a local nursery (in the Netherlands) which has been selling more and more Neofinetia and items related to them. I have no idea where you could get them though. I already had one Neo with a net core that arrived like that when I bought it. What I noticed is that it dries out faster, likely due to the larger cavity and also because less sphag is needed to hold the mound together. The sphag has also stayed fresher for longer, probably because it has more rapid wet/dry cycles. The mound also retained it's shape better compared to my standard homemade mounds, which look a bit lumpy/collapsed and lopsided after a year! (but that could also be due to my lack of experience making mounds).

My only regret is that I didn't order enough for all my plants. I wanted to test it first before buying more, and now the nursery is sold out and doesn't seem to be restocking.

[Shoreguy]

Originally Posted by camille1585

My only regret is that I didn't order enough for all my plants. I wanted to test it first before buying more, and now the nursery is sold out and doesn't seem to be restocking.

This hobby gives so many opportunities to make mistakes.

[s.kallima]

Originally Posted by camille1585

My only regret is that I didn't order enough for all my plants. I wanted to test it first before buying more, and now the nursery is sold out and doesn't seem to be restocking.

You may want to connect with people from FB group Neofinetia who order plants directly from South Korea. There is a very good vendor there who deals with paperwork very efficiently (provided on the importer side all is also done correctly). I have seen some messages about Europe group of people importing some...

[Shoreguy]

Camille,

If you prefer dealing with a US company, check into Kelley's Korner Orchid Supplies. The name is misspelled to be cute by them, not me.

They do have small net pots available which may be suitable for your use.

I believe Kallima is referring to Barampung, a company I have been dealing with in South Korea. The paperwork he's referring to would apply to live plants, not plastic pots.

[Hakumin]

Originally Posted by camille1585

More recently I tested plastic net cores which replace the beer bottle and stays in the mound once finished. They look like this: https://www.orchidsdelux.com/images/...etia%20net.png

You can get these from Barampung. Orchidsdelux actually gets them from Barampung to begin with: Plastic Moss Nets

You should be able to import these and any other supplies to the EU with no problem Since you don't need paperwork for non-plant shipments. I highly recommend it.

Originally Posted by Shoreguy

Camille,

If you prefer dealing with a US company, check into Kelley's Korner Orchid Supplies. The name is misspelled to be cute by them, not me.

They do have small net pots available which may be suitable for your use.

I believe Camille is in Europe so a US vendor wouldn't be any more helpful.

Also these moss nets are much better than simply inserting an inverted net pot. While the only difference is really the rounded top rather than the flat bottom on a net pot, that makes a huge difference in keeping an even layer of moss and aesthetically holding the shape of the mound.

[Leafmite]

Beautiful! Enjoy that lovely fragrance!