Donate Now
and become
Forum Supporter.
Many perks! <...more...>
|
07-01-2009, 10:17 PM
|
Senior Member
|
|
Join Date: Apr 2006
Location: Aurora, Illinois
Posts: 1,016
|
|
Neofinitea falcata "Tokunoshima"
Has anyone heard of or seen this orchid. I bought one at the WOC in Fl, it's in bloom now and looks just great but I can't find it anywhere. Here's a pic of it a few days ago it's now open all the way, thanks..... Jim.
|
07-01-2009, 10:22 PM
|
Senior Member
|
|
Join Date: Apr 2009
Location: Southern Peninsular Malaysia
Posts: 638
|
|
i couldn't help but say 'nice pot!'... its a pity i can't do neos...
|
07-02-2009, 01:30 AM
|
Senior Member
|
|
Join Date: Nov 2007
Posts: 1,062
|
|
Quote:
Originally Posted by jim blanford
Has anyone heard of or seen this orchid. I bought one at the WOC in Fl, it's in bloom now and looks just great but I can't find it anywhere. Here's a pic of it a few days ago it's now open all the way, thanks..... Jim.
|
Have not heard of it but from the name, it should have the shima (distinct bands/ stripes) variegation. I can't tell if your plant is variegated from the picture but the blooms are very nice. Good growing!
|
07-02-2009, 01:59 AM
|
Senior Member
|
|
Join Date: Aug 2008
Zone: 9b
Location: Fresno, CA
Posts: 850
|
|
Tokunoshima (徳之島) is the name of the island it comes from. in this case, shima means "island"(島), not stripes/silk threads(縞).
Tokunoshima is one of the Amami islands, and neos from there are commonly sold as Amami island furan. yours is a very nice specimen.
|
07-02-2009, 11:34 AM
|
Senior Member
|
|
Join Date: Feb 2007
Zone: 8b
Location: SW Georgia
Posts: 1,321
|
|
When I first read I asked my wife for the meaning and she said the same as Kip. Mind you not that I doubted Kip but my wife is Japanese so I thought I would ask. Anyway, it's a beautiful Neo. pot and all!
DON
|
07-03-2009, 01:02 AM
|
Senior Member
|
|
Join Date: Nov 2007
Posts: 1,062
|
|
Quote:
Originally Posted by lambelkip
Tokunoshima (徳之島) is the name of the island it comes from. in this case, shima means "island"(島), not stripes/silk threads(縞).
Tokunoshima is one of the Amami islands, and neos from there are commonly sold as Amami island furan. yours is a very nice specimen.
|
Aaah! Good to know, thanks Kip!
|
07-05-2009, 09:47 PM
|
Senior Member
|
|
Join Date: Aug 2008
Location: Venice, Fl
Posts: 1,199
|
|
Quote:
Originally Posted by lambelkip
Tokunoshima is one of the Amami islands,
|
I did not know that.
|
07-06-2009, 09:45 PM
|
Senior Member
|
|
Join Date: Mar 2009
Zone: 5a
Location: Aurora, CO
Posts: 388
|
|
It's beautiful, pot and all!
Man, if I keep looking at this forum I'm going to end up own more Neos...
Is that a bad thing?
|
12-11-2009, 04:22 PM
|
Senior Member
|
|
Join Date: Feb 2007
Zone: 8b
Location: SW Georgia
Posts: 1,321
|
|
No, no, no, not a bad thing at all. I love it! The more the merrier.....and they take up a lot less space than other orchids.
Don
|
01-04-2010, 08:04 AM
|
Member
|
|
Join Date: Jan 2009
Zone: 9a
Location: Cork, Ireland
Age: 45
Posts: 66
|
|
Very Nice speciman!! Green with envy!!!!
|
Currently Active Users Viewing This Thread: 1 (0 members and 1 guests)
|
|
Posting Rules
|
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts
HTML code is Off
|
|
|
All times are GMT -4. The time now is 12:27 AM.
|