My first Neo spikes ever!

[Jayfar]

This is my first season growing Neos, so I am thrilled to have 4 of my 7 in-spike already.

From left to right, Shutennou, Karanishiki (a tiger stripe) and Suruga-fukurin. The Karanishiki is from Orchidweb/Orchids Ltd. and the other 2 are from Seed Engei, purchased at the SEPOS show in April.


Neo-spikes-20130607 by Jayfar, on Flickr

And bringing up the rear, is the lovely little Hisui that I bought a few weeks ago from Seed Engei on ebay:


Hisui-spike by Jayfar, on Flickr

[Pilot]

Yeeeeay!!!! Well done!

[Bud]

how exciting for you....and the fragrance it will give you

[WhiteRabbit]

Woo hoo!

[NYCorchidman]

Wow~ that must be really exciting!
I'm having my first neo spikes as well, although mines are still all very small.

Mine is mounted, however I'm thinking of taking it off and switching it to moss in a pot later.
How moist do you keep the moss for your plants??

Thanks in advance.

[Jayfar]

Originally Posted by NYCorchidman

How moist do you keep the moss for your plants??

I wait till the pots are almost weightless before watering, which may be 2 or 3 times a week, depending on the humidty. I do also mist just the exposed roots lightly if the surface of the moss is dry. The table that they normally sit near the edge of is right beside my humidifier, so there's good air circulation from that blowing up past them.

[LinhT]

Cool, way to go and nice plants.

That smaller growth on Suruga fukurin looks like it may be mutating into some kind of shima type. Suruga sometimes morphs into Shinshinden but in this plant, that 2nd growth does not look like Shinshinden. Whatever it is, it may increase the value of the plant overall, I'm guessing. Enjoy them!

[Jayfar]

Originally Posted by LinhT

Cool, way to go and nice plants.

That smaller growth on Suruga fukurin looks like it may be mutating into some kind of shima type. Suruga sometimes morphs into Shinshinden but in this plant, that 2nd growth does not look like Shinshinden. Whatever it is, it may increase the value of the plant overall, I'm guessing. Enjoy them!

Thanks, very interesting about the Suruga fukurin. The smaller growth is much different in its variegation than the main growth for sure. Here's a view from above, a picture I took when I bought it in April (the plant in the center):


Neofinetia group from above by Jayfar, on Flickr

[NYCorchidman]

Originally Posted by Jayfar

I wait till the pots are almost weightless before watering, which may be 2 or 3 times a week, depending on the humidty. I do also mist just the exposed roots lightly if the surface of the moss is dry. The table that they normally sit near the edge of is right beside my humidifier, so there's good air circulation from that blowing up past them.

Thank you!

[MattWoelfsen]

[QUOTE=Jayfar;580258]......From left to right, Shutennou, Karanishiki (a tiger stripe) and Suruga-fukurin. The Karanishiki is from Orchidweb/Orchids Ltd. and the other 2 are from Seed Engei, purchased at the SEPOS show in April......QUOTE]

Beautiful plants Jayfar! I have noticed that Orchid Web provides English translation of the name. In the case of Karanishiki, it means "Chinese brocade". Whereas Shutennou and Suruga-fukurin from Seed Engei do not. I wonder if there was a way to get the names of these plants in English (Chinese Brocade), in the phonetic Japanese (Karanishiki), and in Kanji?

I am not looking too much at your Neos but golly, I really like that Hisui. Because you linked your Fickr photos, I found another plant that hard as I tried could not see the name, would you indulge me and tell me its name?