Acquiring Neofinetias Via EBay

[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.