Neo.Kotoufukurin sneaky little bloom

[Red Orchid]

I saw this little flower on my Kotoufukurin while watering just a bit ago. Smile, it is not a big deal as far as spikes go but it is my first this year.


photo by Ginger 935, on Flickr

[Joyorchid]

Congrats! Love the flower but those leaves are nice too!

[Red Orchid]

Originally Posted by Joyorchid

Congrats! Love the flower but those leaves are nice too!

Yes that is the beauty of these orchids we can enjoy the leaves and even the roots.

[MattWoelfsen]

Ginger do you have this plant in one of your special pots? Beautiful flowers and leaves.

[trdyl]

I love it when you find out that they're about to bloom.

There have been a few over the years that I found dried flowers after the fact. And had no idea that it bloomed until then.

[Red Orchid]

Originally Posted by MattWoelfsen

Ginger do you have this plant in one of your special pots? Beautiful flowers and leaves.

No it is in a plain black pot it is doing so well I don't want to mess with it until it's time to re-pot.

Btw, what is your favorite baseball team?

[MattWoelfsen]

Originally Posted by Red Orchid

No it is in a plain black pot it is doing so well I don't want to mess with it until it's time to re-pot.

Btw, what is your favorite baseball team?

Yeah, I would wait until the blooms finish.

There is no other baseball team but the Cubs! Ginger, going to a home game is like attending a big beer bust with baseball thrown in for a little diversion and a raison d'être to spend four hours in the sun.

Speaking of base ball, I'm saving this little Neo "Ya Kyuu" NOID for you. It is a month old and is slowly growing. I'm thinking it is a needle leaf?

[Red Orchid]

Originally Posted by MattWoelfsen

Yeah, I would wait until the blooms finish.

There is no other baseball team but the Cubs! Ginger, going to a home game is like attending a big beer bust with baseball thrown in for a little diversion and a raison d'être to spend four hours in the sun.

Speaking of base ball, I'm saving this little Neo "Ya Kyuu" NOID for you. It is a month old and is slowly growing. I'm thinking it is a needle leaf?

Aww...it is lovely. I will get to work on the first ever Cubs Neo pot...

[WhiteRabbit]

Nice!

[jeremiah.chua]

Originally Posted by MattWoelfsen

Yeah, I would wait until the blooms finish.

There is no other baseball team but the Cubs! Ginger, going to a home game is like attending a big beer bust with baseball thrown in for a little diversion and a raison d'être to spend four hours in the sun.

Speaking of base ball, I'm saving this little Neo "Ya Kyuu" NOID for you. It is a month old and is slowly growing. I'm thinking it is a needle leaf?

That's a regular Neofinetia, it's not needle leaf.
The Japanese would just call it 'Furan', as those are technically the original versions of Neo. falcata.

There are two types of Neo. falcata found in the wild. You have the larger ones found in the Amami islands, hence the names given to them by the Japanese, Neofinetia falcata 'amami-furan' and then the more widely seen/distributed in Japan, Neofinetia falcata 'Furan'.

What you have is 'Furan'. Leaves aren't as thick/large as the ones that are found in Amami.