Yellow Neofinetia - Kibana furan

[LinhT]

My Kibana is first in line to bloom this year. It rewarded me with 5 spikes and bummed me out with 13 blasted buds. This was the last one I remounded so the moss was disgusting. By that time, the plant was already in bud. Almost all the remaining buds are open, except for two. I wanted to take photos of this before the birds pooped on it.

The buds on each spike opened up at different times. Here are photos showing the change in color as the flowers age.

Last spike to open (1 - 2 days):


3rd & 4th spikes (3 - 4 days):


1st & 2nd spikes (over 7 days):


Thanks for looking.

[Norris]

It's a beautiful plant, and the pot is too! Your blooms are so rich and solid, they almost look orange to me. Most photos I've seen of this one the blooms are a very pale yellow.

[s.kallima]

Very nice plant !

[vjo]

Very, very nice Tracy. Green and yellow are my fav. colors for Neo flowers....Jean

[Lana]

Wow! Stunning! Love the color.

[sweetjblue]

Beautiful plant & blooms!!

Judi

[WhiteRabbit]

fabulous!

[Neodex]

Beautiful ! Your plant is elegant, the flowers are gorgeous and that wonderful blue traditional style pot is so complementary with the orange flowers. You are obviously very patient with building mounds ... very neat and in good porportion to the size of the pot (most of mine go too high because my pots are too small and/or I'm reductant to trim roots). The whole combo is just excellent ! I believe there are now traditional style judging in the USA ... do you exhibit ? I also hear that Kibana (as well as other yellows) have a different fragrance to other varieties, is this something you have noticed ?

[nenella]

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The mounted sphag mound also looks like a pineapple !!!! WOW! Congratulations!!!!.
It's 'All' very beautiful ..plant, mount, flower colour...
Thanks for posting Tracy.

[LinhT]

Originally Posted by Norris

Your blooms are so rich and solid, they almost look orange to me. Most photos I've seen of this one the blooms are a very pale yellow.

Thanks, I was lucky enough to get one that is a pretty dark yellow. I like this plant just fine but I think I'd love it more if the spurs were longer and curved like the regular neo flowers. Not sure what's up with my short spurs. Maybe there is too much ascocentrum in this particular plant. Perhaps that's why it's so yellow, who knows...

Originally Posted by Neodex

You are very patient with building mounds ... very neat and in good porportion to the size of the pot (most of mine go too high because my pots are too small and/or I'm reductant to trim roots). The whole combo is just excellent ! I believe there are now traditional style judging in the USA ... do you exhibit ? I also hear that Kibana (as well as other yellows) have a different fragrance to other varieties, is this something you have noticed ?

I am rather anal retentive about certain things. Guess it shows in my neo remounding. There is a Fukiran Society of America now. Here is a link with lots of photos of the last two judging events, if you're interested.
2010 Inaugural Fukiran Judging - Fukiran Society of America
2011 Fukiran Judging - Fukiran Society of America

I've never exhibited before. Don't think my plants are good enough to compete with the others at the FSOA yet. I have a few that I would like to enter in maybe, 5 yrs from now. I think most of those growers have been growing for about 10 yrs and have very large specimen plants. It does smell a bit differently than the regular neos. The white flower is generally more spicy, perfumey and can be overpowering to some folks during the peak of it's "smelliness". This yellow flower still smells like a neo but more on the lines of fresh, clean and subtle.

Originally Posted by nenella

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The mounted sphag mound also looks like a pineapple !!!!

I've heard that before! I was told by an OB member who's a fan of Catts and Phals that he'd never grow these because they just look like boring pineapples.

And thanks, all, for the nice comments.