Neofinetia falcata Ryokusaihou - variegated bean leaf - Orchid Board

Jayfar · #1 08-29-2013, 11:40 AM

My newest acquisition from Seed Engei.

Pictures are larger than real life; actual total leaf-span is 1-1/4". Close examination shows a new leaf just starting. If I understand correctly, Ryokusaihou is a mutation of Ryokuhou (Green Treasure).

Neofinetia falcata Ryokusaihou 8/29/2013 by Jayfar, on Flickr

Pilot · #2 08-29-2013, 11:45 AM

It's beautiful, no doubt about it. How slow will this guy grow? So much variegation and a bean leaf, too... I wish you the best in growing it. I think I along with this forum will watch with great interest as this guy grows for you! Did you get it a cool pot?

I wonder if relatively frequent re mounding will help this guy?

Jayfar · #3 08-29-2013, 11:53 AM

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Originally Posted by Pilot

It's beautiful, no doubt about it. How slow will this guy grow? So much variegation and a bean leaf, too... I wish you the best in growing it. I think I along with this forum will watch with great interest as this guy grows for you! Did you get it a cool pot?

I wonder if relatively frequent re mounding will help this guy?

Thanks Ryan! Being variegated and a bean leaf, it should be a fairly slow grower I'd imagine, but I was thrilled to see a new leaf just beginning too emerge, which I at first only noticed from the magnified photo.

I haven't bought any pots yet, but in fact I was thinking this one is deserving of one. Definitely going to look into that.

Won't need to remound for a while; it arrived in very fresh sphag (as well it should have for the price).

rangiku · #4 08-29-2013, 11:56 AM

It's beautiful, Jay. Ganbatte kudasai! Please post monthly photos so we can live vicariously through you.

Joyorchid · #5 08-29-2013, 01:01 PM

Its gorgeous! I am going to live vicariously through you as well.

MattWoelfsen · #6 08-29-2013, 01:15 PM

Jayfar, you really out did yourself with this one!! Like everyone else has remarked, it is a bodasciously beautiful plant.

I add my request to you to be sure and post a MONTHLY picture of this plant, so we can all see how she is doing. In about 2-3 years time, I want you to enter it in that year's Fukiran Society of America Show!! I'm sure you'll win.

Ryan and Ginger, you all need to propose a pot for this specially plant!

Sorry, who died and left ME in charge????

Pilot · #7 08-29-2013, 01:22 PM

I already know the perfect pot. But I don't want to be presumptuous.

JayFar, have you peeked at the roots? I do fifty percent of the time, but I should 100. Is there insurance for these plants? Lloyd's of London maybe?

Jayfar · #8 08-29-2013, 07:59 PM

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Originally Posted by Pilot

I already know the perfect pot. But I don't want to be presumptuous.

Always open to suggestions, since my sense of aesthetics for household objects generally sucks.

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Originally Posted by Pilot

JayFar, have you peeked at the roots? I do fifty percent of the time, but I should 100. Is there insurance for these plants? Lloyd's of London maybe?

I probably should probe into the moss a bit, but since it's very fresh moss, I pretty much trust that Seed Engei sold me a plant with healthy roots. If I were to kill this one, I would probably throw myself into the compost pile with it.

Pilot · #9 08-30-2013, 12:11 PM

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Originally Posted by Jayfar

Always open to suggestions, since my sense of aesthetics for household objects generally sucks.

I probably should probe into the moss a bit, but since it's very fresh moss, I pretty much trust that Seed Engei sold me a plant with healthy roots. If I were to kill this one, I would probably throw myself into the compost pile with it.

New moss is always a good sign and what I'm about to say should in no way diminish Satomi or her plants; I speak only of my experience. However, I received a fugaku from her that is truly beautiful but the plant had next-to-no roots. I didn't bother to email or call her out on it-- neos do weird things and in the end, even with nearly no roots, you can always get them to make more if you baby them enough.

So with that said, and this is just me, I'd look.

Jayfar · #10 08-31-2013, 12:59 AM

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Originally Posted by Jayfar

I probably should probe into the moss a bit, but since it's very fresh moss, I pretty much trust that Seed Engei sold me a plant with healthy roots. If I were to kill this one, I would probably throw myself into the compost pile with it.

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Originally Posted by Pilot

New moss is always a good sign and what I'm about to say should in no way diminish Satomi or her plants; I speak only of my experience. However, I received a fugaku from her that is truly beautiful but the plant had next-to-no roots. I didn't bother to email or call her out on it-- neos do weird things and in the end, even with nearly no roots, you can always get them to make more if you baby them enough.

So with that said, and this is just me, I'd look.

Did a little probing and the shorter roots I can see without completely undoing the mound look clean and healthy. I'm not going to completely unmound/remound; the existing mound is so well done and I verified from below that the mound has a nice big hollow space.

Yesterday they all needed watering, so I included a dose of KelpMax to help give everybody one last good burst of root growth before winter.