My Neofinetia collection

[Neodex]

This is an excellent thread and not only for newbies. I for one have become more interested
in variegated neos, from the subtle to the bold, and you have some that are not often seen.

You have beautiful plants. Your Fugaku is great and as these are usually one of the less expensive of the shima types, I was wondering
whether this is an easy grower (often the faster growers are less expensive). I've only just got mine so I'm yet to find out. Your Kinkounishiki
is spectacular with it's bold variegation. I also find the two-tone green types interesting as well and Misukage is one that "hovers" on my wish list, so it's nice to see your Mumeibotangei.

The changing variegation patterns as these plants grow is fun to observe.
I'm also curious about the biological mechanism of variegation in the stripe varieties and can only guess that it is of the chimaeric
type in which the chloroplasts carry mutations that block chlorophyll synthesis?

Please keep them coming,

Cheers,
Tim

[LinhT]

Originally Posted by Neodex

This is an excellent thread and not only for newbies. I for one have become more interested
in variegated neos, from the subtle to the bold, and you have some that are not often seen.

You have beautiful plants. Your Fugaku is great and as these are usually one of the less expensive of the shima types, I was wondering
whether this is an easy grower (often the faster growers are less expensive). I've only just got mine so I'm yet to find out. Your Kinkounishiki
is spectacular with it's bold variegation. I also find the two-tone green types interesting as well and Misukage is one that "hovers" on my wish list, so it's nice to see your Mumeibotangei.

The changing variegation patterns as these plants grow is fun to observe.
I'm also curious about the biological mechanism of variegation in the stripe varieties and can only guess that it is of the chimaeric
type in which the chloroplasts carry mutations that block chlorophyll synthesis?

Please keep them coming,

Cheers,
Tim

Hey Tim, so sorry for the VERY late reply. I re opened my facebook account a few months ago and got lost catching up on everybody's timelines. My Fugaku always puts out a ton of roots every season but is slow as far as starting new fans. However, I was told by my grower that Fugaku is a fast and robust grower so perhaps I'm not giving it optimal conditions.

I'm interested in the science behind the changing variegation also but don't know much about how it works. I was told that it's possible the Japanese growers use radiation to induce variegation on some plants. Who knows...

I'll try to get more photos of other varieties to continue this thread later. Thanks all, for looking!