Acquiring Neofinetias Via EBay

[MattWoelfsen]

Jayfar, "bullet-proof" = a bid so high that no one else bidding could afford? I learn a lot from you. Your wait to the very last seconds to bid has really improved my ability to win auctions.

[Jayfar]

Originally Posted by MattWoelfsen

Jayfar, "bullet-proof" = a bid so high that no one else bidding could afford? I learn a lot from you. Your wait to the very last seconds to bid has really improved my ability to win auctions.

Yep, like put in a 500 max bid and pray it doesn't go nearly that high.

I did that for the Seiou-nishiki back in October and got it for 82.99. I think my max bid was 200 for that one.

[MattWoelfsen]

This is good advice that I agree with--I play bridge, one of the things we say to each other is "no guts, no glory". Bidding on plants is like that Jayfar. If I really want a plant I'll bid as high as I can realistically afford to buy, and I usually get what I want. Of late, however, there hasn't been a plant offered that I really wanted. So when I bid, it is no great loss if someone else wins it.

[Jayfar]

I see New World has a bid for their Fuukiden (Tuesday), which had a starting price of 795. Appears to be the same bidder who was along for most of the price run-up in Ginger's Fuji Nishiki last month. That same person also won the Kishu Ryokufu from NWO today for the starting price of 80 (that was the plant that had earlier been bid much higher, 187.50, until the other bidder cancelled).

As I mentioned previously, I'll probably bid late on the Suikaden (Tuesday), to replace the one the mouse nibbled on.

[MattWoelfsen]

I was going to bid on the Yodo-No-Matsu but was too late--I got engrossed in the weather report--by New Year's Day, day time temperature will get as warm as 16*F, overnight dropping to 1*F. People around here say prosaic things like "Thank God the cold weather will kill all the bugs of summer."

Congratulations on winning the Junhitoe and the Enkai. I am trying to get more "kai" suffixed named bean leaf plants. But in no hurry, this cold weather and the fact that SE isn't going to ship until next week, gives a nice break.

[Jayfar]

Heads up: newworldorchids has a couple Neos listed for auction mid-day this coming Sunday. A 4 growth Kishu Ryokufu has already been bid up by 2 bidders from $80 to 187.50. And there's a nice Beniougi, 1 growth + baby starting at 75.

Also, greeny-pottery in the UK has "Neofinetia falcata Calendar 2014 with Meikan" listed as 'Buy It Now' for GBP 29.99 (approx. US $49.67) + GBP 6.50 (approx. US $10.77), with 7 available.

Neofinetia Falcata Calendar 2014 with Meikan | eBay

[Red Orchid]

Originally Posted by Jayfar

Heads up: newworldorchids has a couple Neos listed for auction mid-day this coming Sunday. A 4 growth Kishu Ryokufu has already been bid up by 2 bidders from $80 to 187.50. And there's a nice Beniougi, 1 growth + baby starting at 75.

Also, greeny-pottery in the UK has "Neofinetia falcata Calendar 2014 with Meikan" listed as 'Buy It Now' for GBP 29.99 (approx. US $49.67) + GBP 6.50 (approx. US $10.77), with 7 available.

Neofinetia Falcata Calendar 2014 with Meikan | eBay

Thanks Jay I just got one of the calendars

[Jayfar]

Originally Posted by Jayfar

Heads up: newworldorchids has a couple Neos listed for auction mid-day this coming Sunday. A 4 growth Kishu Ryokufu has already been bid up by 2 bidders from $80 to 187.50. And there's a nice Beniougi, 1 growth + baby starting at 75.

I see newworldorchids has added 4 Neos for a Tuesday evening auction now.

I may have to bid on the Suikaden. I already have one, but an evil mouse that had been running amok here chewed several of its leaves. Didn't quite kill the plant, but left it looking a bit ugly.

[Red Orchid]

Originally Posted by Jayfar

I see newworldorchids has added 4 Neos for a Tuesday evening auction now.

I may have to bid on the Suikaden. I already have one, but an evil mouse that had been running amok here chewed several of its leaves. Didn't quite kill the plant, but left it looking a bit ugly.

Jay (now this is is joke) but you are like a devil announcing the new Neos on eBay & among them is a Fuukiden tempting us. Thanks for the heads up & we have to get your evil mouse.

[Jayfar]

Originally Posted by Red Orchid

Thanks for the heads up & we have to get your evil mouse.

These buggers are hard to catch. I don't like to use glue traps, but they were mostly ignoring the snap traps, whether baited with cheese, bacon or peanut butter. Oh, and before I learned that I need to bait the underside of the trigger, they were licking peanut butter off the top of the trigger, without setting off the trap. So, as much as I don't like glue traps from a humaneness perspective, all is fair when they start messing with my orchids. I found good peanut butter-scented glue traps sold bulk on Amazon, about $25 for a 75 count box, but so far they are ignoring these as well. I even baited most of them with a little piece of chocolate, after reading that mice love chocolate.

The mice already had destroyed a few Phals, nibbling a little on leaves, but mostly digging into the medium to chew up roots.

For now, I just move all my neos to a high shelf every night, which they haven't found their way to yet. Today I have to get around to setting up my 2 micro Greenhouses (Ikea Socker brand), which I was intending to use for wintering them near a cracked-open window. I've got 2 tiny 60mm computer fans to provide air circulation in the micro greenhouses.