Acquiring Neofinetias Via EBay

[Jayfar]

FYI, orchids_limited has just added a bunch of less pricey plants to their ebay 'buy it now' selections.

Neofinetia falcata, Phragmipedium items in orchids limited store on eBay!

[Red Orchid]

Originally Posted by Jayfar

FYI, orchids_limited has just added a bunch of less pricey plants to their ebay 'buy it now' selections.

Neofinetia falcata, Phragmipedium items in orchids limited store on eBay!

Thanks I am impressed with these Neos.

[Jayfar]

Originally Posted by Red Orchid

Thanks I am impressed with these Neos.

They're not all top of the line quality though; at least not the Nishidemiyakos:

"A lightly variegated Nishidemiyako, priced accordingly. It does have the possibility to gain stronger variegation on new growths."

[Red Orchid]

Originally Posted by Jayfar

They're not all top of the line quality though; at least not the Nishidemiyakos:

"A lightly variegated Nishidemiyako, priced accordingly. It does have the possibility to gain stronger variegation on new growths."

I just brought one

[Jayfar]

Originally Posted by Jayfar

FYI, orchids_limited has just added a bunch of less pricey plants to their ebay 'buy it now' selections.

Neofinetia falcata, Phragmipedium items in orchids limited store on eBay!

I wonder what the translation of Kokouden would be? Must be something spicey. Since orchids_limited has a few of them listed I wanted to check other pics around the web for comparison. However a google search for Kokouden, if you don't preface it with Neofinetia, brings up nothing but listings for Japanese adult videos.

EDIT:

Oh, seems innocuous enough, according to the Orchid's Ltd description: Palace of glorious country

[MattWoelfsen]

Originally Posted by Call_Me_Bob

just remember, there's a difference between white variegation and creme variegation..

Quay, you are an excellent source of Neofacts and you are a very good photographer. So find two plants with the different variegations and post a picture. That will really help!

[MattWoelfsen]

LOL Jayfar! Yeah, I really did go to town, my best friend told me I actually went overboard! I have now several screw leaf Neofinetia. And I will post them per your request in another thread. I have all of my Neofinetia organized in several categories: Leaf Type (like screw leaf), Tsuke (mountain, ocean wave, crescent-->don't have a straight), Flower type (no spur, one spur, two spurs-->no three spur flower--yet!), and flower color (white, pink, yellow, green, deep red).

Each of these plants are cross referenced by each specific type. I have them all organized into nursery trays, and these plants have trained me to water them on a rotation predicated on the last time they were watered, whether or not they are inside the screen in porch or outside, and what their last feeding.

I'm at work right now, so I cannot provide pictures, but when I get home, I'll post a photo or two.

Thanks Jayfar for asking--you will rue the day you asked!! LOL

[Neodex]

I've not been active here for a year now and I've got a lot of catching up to do. I'm at the stage where I have to reduce my collection from 40+ to somewhere around half that and decisions about what to lose are tough. I just don't have enough space to give them all enough light.

[MattWoelfsen]

Originally Posted by Neodex

I've not been active here for a year now and I've got a lot of catching up to do. I'm at the stage where I have to reduce my collection from 40+ to somewhere around half that and decisions about what to lose are tough. I just don't have enough space to give them all enough light.

Welcome back! Neodex, you might want to set up a listing of your orchids, we have a couple of people from your side of the ocean, one person, named Driese--from The Netherlands(?), is into Neofinetia. He was on the board looking for ways to acquire more, without spending a fortune--relatively speaking. Is it really difficult to acquire Neofinetia in Europe/UK?

I cannot imagine how difficult the process will be for you to decide which of the 40+ plants you want to re-home to someone else.

[MattWoelfsen]

Originally Posted by paph-neo nut

Thanks, I'll email them.

New World Orchids also has an August List of Neofinetia, Dendrobium, Sophronitis, Sederia, etc. their email is newworldorchid@aol.com.