Your Top 10 Neo Wish List for 2013?

[MattWoelfsen]

I'm a bit concerned about this thread as it only encourages too much researching and promotes plant envy LOL. So I cannot in good conscious provide a list of ten Neos that I wish to have. But I do share here now my wish list of plants from New World Orchids:

Neofinetia Falcata: 1) Hakou Seiryu, 2) Hououden, 3) Jitsugetsukou, 4) Karakin, 5) Yasuritakakuma (I have three plants on another website that will round out this list to eight.)

Dendrobium Moniliforme: 1) Benikomachi, 2) Benisuzume, 3) Benikida

Cymbidium: 1) Teikan, 2) Suigyoku

Why oh why are plants with Japanese names so expensive?

[rangiku]

Come on, Matt. You have to tell us the Neos on your top 10 list.

[MattWoelfsen]

Originally Posted by rangiku

Come on, Matt. You have to tell us the Neos on your top 10 list.

Okay rangiku, the other five are: 6) Nangoku no Mai, 7) Daiseikai, 8) Kujakumaru, 9) Misuhage, 10) Shishikouryu.

I saw a plant on OrchidWeb that was for one growth for $1,200: Ooemaru no shima. Even the name looks expensive!

[AnonYMouse]

Originally Posted by MattWoelfsen

I saw a plant on OrchidWeb that was for one growth for $1,200: Ooemaru no shima. Even the name looks expensive!

Seed Engei has a less expensive ooemaru-no-shima. That is one on my wish list.

Another is 緑彩宝 (don't know the romaji) that I ran across in a Japanese blog


I'm OCD enough to go looking at Japanese sights but the more I see, the less I can distinguish between the cultivars.

I think I just want an Oonami Seikai for now.

[rangiku]

Matt, without even looking those up, I'm sure they will find their way onto my wishlist. To Google!!

[Jayfar]

Originally Posted by MattWoelfsen

I saw a plant on OrchidWeb that was for one growth for $1,200: Ooemaru no shima. Even the name looks expensive!

Originally Posted by AnonYMouse

Seed Engei has a less expensive ooemaru-no-shima. That is one on my wish list.

$350 is less than 1,2000. Gee, I'll take a dozen.

Originally Posted by AnonYMouse

Another is 緑彩宝 (don't know the romaji) that I ran across in a Japanese blog

Ooh, I'd like to find that one, as long as it's not 15,000 (nor anything with more than 3 digits). Really, I very much want a bean leaf with good distinct yellow variegation, like the Kinkirin I cited upthread. Ideas?

[Red Orchid]

Wish I hadn't seen that pic

[rangiku]

Satomi had a teeny tiny single growth variegated bean leaf on her sales table for $1500...It was beautiful.

[MattWoelfsen]

Originally Posted by Red Orchid

Wish I hadn't seen that pic

I know, right? Is this a bean leaf tiger stripe? That would be very unique.

[LinhT]

Originally Posted by Jayfar

$350 is less than 1,2000. Gee, I'll take a dozen.


Ooh, I'd like to find that one, as long as it's not 15,000 (nor anything with more than 3 digits). Really, I very much want a bean leaf with good distinct yellow variegation, like the Kinkirin I cited upthread. Ideas?

I'm pretty sure that with Kinkirin, you are looking at no less than $10,000 for a small one growth plant. No joke It is said that one of the members of the Japanese Fuukiran Society bought one for $50,000.

The more "affordable" shima variegated bean leaf would be Ryokouhu no shima. It's around $1000 for a 1 growth plant. That's the one that Seed Engei usually has listed. The tiger variegated bean leaf neos may be cheaper but any bean leaf with striped variegation will wipe you out around one grand.