Three Neofinetia But On Self Imposed Budget, Which to Buy?

[s.kallima]

I found this blog long time ago (it is not very up-to-date unfortunately) and the best to date I know is the russian forum I mentioned in a previous post
here they also have Sekirei with typical stripes
Neofinetia falcata Sekirei

[Jayfar]

I was looking for a better specimen via teh google image search, but about all I found was one that SE formerly was selling on their website with similarly negligible variegation. The weakness of the google image search is that it tends to lead to a lot of false results of images that appeared on a page that mentions the desired plant in passing, but lacks any image of that particular plant. Also, unless you are a really big fan of x-rated anime and manga, be sure to include the word neofinetia in your search terms.

I think the fact of the matter is that the fukiran folks generally get terribly over-excited by the slightest hint of variegation on a bean leaf. When it was first listed, I only liked this plant for overall form, not even realizing until I read the blurb that it was supposed to be variegated, but on second look not even so much for the form.

By the way, there's a kinkujaku listed for tonight with much less variegation than the one I got last week, but, if the description is correct, keeping it under very bright light might improve it substantially.

[jeremiah.chua]

SE had a sekirei in the past that had better variegation. There was an obvious white mark on the leaf. This one pales in comparison, but that's just my opinion. Eye of the beholder...

[MattWoelfsen]

Tonight is the night! I'm looking forward to seeing how much these plants will be won.

[Jayfar]

Originally Posted by MattWoelfsen

Tonight is the night! I'm looking forward to seeing how much these plants will be won.

Funny thing is the heavy bidding is on the seedling Manjushage, rather than the confirmed 3-spur; as most know, the former may or may not bloom with 3 spurs.

I'm not bidding on any today.

[MattWoelfsen]

Hime-Manjushage have been offered regularly by Seed Engei. I own one of these plants. These are described as risky in the sense that they are not confirmed three-spur flowers. So if they do have three-spur flowers "GREAT!" Otherwise, regular Amami. These plants have many fans, so how come, confirmed Manjushage seem to be only one fan and a baby?

[rangiku]

Originally Posted by MattWoelfsen

so how come, confirmed Manjushage seem to be only one fan and a baby?

My guess is that they are divisions from a larger plant.

[Call_Me_Bob]

AND? Which did you get? Looks like the auction just ended.

[Jayfar]

Surprise! No bids on either the Sekirei (99.99) or the Koukaimaru (also 99.99) and only 1 bid for the confirmed triple spur Manjushage at 99.99.

The seedling Manjushage (NOT confirmed triple spur) was bid up from 18 to 41 by 4 bidders.

[Call_Me_Bob]

Originally Posted by Jayfar

Surprise! No bids on either the Sekirei or the Koukaimaru and only 1 bid for the confirmed triple spur Manjushage.

I figured you'd be the one to know!