Acquiring Neofinetias Via EBay

[Jayfar]

Originally Posted by Dagobell

A reply to driess, I am an swedish neo collector. I have started with these plants thanks to a orchid collector in Sweden. He is active in an Swedish orchid forum named "orkideprat" www.neovitae.se he has the username Lassse. I have bougth 30 of him, he in turn have bougth from dr glenn so they have the names intakt. His collection are 50+ names strong and he shipsto Europe.

Might that be www.neovita.com/orkideer? Neovitae.se seems to not exist as a domain.

[dries666]

U had some amazing luck finding such a neo grower there in Sweden then , unfortunatly I don't speak a word of swedish, so I am unable to read anything on the forum, and btw the link doesn't work. Is there any other way to contact him ? And do u maybe have a list of his neo's? (I know it's better for me not to know.... but my curiosity gets the better of me )

greetz,
Dries

[MattWoelfsen]

The link doesn't work. The link Jayfar provided does work and it is for another forum. I was excited that there was a source in the Eurozone that you could access Dries! Maybe that member can reply back and provide a more precise contact for this Neofinetia collector? It would be less of a hassle and expense to ship across the North Sea instead of the Atlantic Ocean.

[Dagobell]

Hi. Jayfar is rigth! Thats the webb-adress! Well being language disabeld is not an issue, english.works fine, we have many non- swedes as members. Post your e: mail an I post you his list.

[Jayfar]

Originally Posted by Dagobell

Hi. Jayfar is rigth! Thats the webb-adress! Well being language disabeld is not an issue, english.works fine, we have many non- swedes as members. Post your e: mail an I post you his list.

This: Logga in i OrkidéPrat

Also, if you use google Chrome as your web browser, it will automatically prompt you asking whether you wish to translate the English to Swedish. There's also an option button in the translate prompt bar where you can set it to always translate Swedish to English. Chrome/google translate seems to handle Swedish to English much better than it does some other language translations.

[Call_Me_Bob]

Originally Posted by Red Orchid

Here comes the question...so what can the grower to overcome this loss of energy. I love variegated Neos so is there a different culture for them Bob?

Nothing that I know of. They just won't be as vigorous or be able to bounce back from something as fast as the unvariegated. As far as Neos go, I grow my variegated ones right alongside the rest, sometimes they get higher light to bring out the variegation more. The don't need babied though.

[MattWoelfsen]

All things in consideration, all of my variegated Neofinetia are closer to the window and my green plants further away. I do not grow under lights Ginger, so my light is variable.

Now that a month has passed with all of my Neofinetia inside, I do notice that the tiger stripped plants, such as Setsuzan are becoming less green. My plants like the Higashidemiyako--the contrast of green and yellow on individual leaves are becoming more pronounced. My Asahiden--the larger plant has variegation but the new fans are all cream, with slight green stripes, likewise for my Orihime. I think these later plants need the most sun. I've been watching my Beniougi, the red striping is still very faint, I am slowly moving it to more light.

[Red Orchid]

Originally Posted by MattWoelfsen

All things in consideration, all of my variegated Neofinetia are closer to the window and my green plants further away. I do not grow under lights Ginger, so my light is variable.

Now that a month has passed with all of my Neofinetia inside, I do notice that the tiger stripped plants, such as Setsuzan are becoming less green. My plants like the Higashidemiyako--the contrast of green and yellow on individual leaves are becoming more pronounced. My Asahiden--the larger plant has variegation but the new fans are all cream, with slight green stripes, likewise for my Orihime. I think these later plants need the most sun. I've been watching my Beniougi, the red striping is still very faint, I am slowly moving it to more light.

You have a fantastic collection & you take such good care of them Matt. You just know what they need & give it to them.

Since I got the lighted stand all of my plants are growing new roots and leaves. They were not doing well with just my window sill light & I couldn't take them outside because of the hungry plant loving critters & insects that live in our woods. I have noticed a stronger verigation in those Neos since they have light. They are not getting a winter rest; there was just no place to put them (according to DH) I had ideas but he would have been the one who did the heavy lifting. so it remains to be seem if I will have blooms this summer. Regardless, I am happy with the fact that they are thriving. Thanks for your good info.... As usual

[MattWoelfsen]

I don't know if my colletion can be described as "fantastic" but thank you Ginger for saying that. I do try to take care of my plants in the best possible environment I can provide.

You are fortunate with your beautifully appointed light stand!

I am trying to slow down my penchant for acquiring more plants. I suspect, not a month will go buy without me buying another Neofinetia. Even though the weather outside is getting frightfully cold, I'm still of the opinion that a box full of Neofinetia will be fine.

[Red Orchid]

Originally Posted by MattWoelfsen

I don't know if my colletion can be described as "fantastic" but thank you Ginger for saying that. I do try to take care of my plants in the best possible environment I can provide.

You are fortunate with your beautifully appointed light stand!

I am trying to slow down my penchant for acquiring more plants. I suspect, not a month will go buy without me buying another Neofinetia. Even though the weather outside is getting frightfully cold, I'm still of the opinion that a box full of Neofinetia will be fine.

Thanks Matt we all just love our Neos. It is a wonderful hobby. I try make my pots exactly as you described for each individual Neo, ie for my Fugaku I have a pic of Mt Fuji on the pot.

I keep telling myself I will slow down with the purchases I think we all do. You do well considering that you can drive to NWO.