Total Chaos and Subdued Beauty

[Shoreguy]

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Two variegated neos which could not be more different.

The first above is N Kinkabuto, a totally confused chaotic shima variegated plant which really doesn't know what it wants to do. Purchased in June 2013 from Satomi at an Orchid Fest in Neptune NJ for only $120. The sale was quite interesting, as the price tag on it was not the typical sticker on the plastic stick in tag but was a faded partially wrinkled paper label stuck onto one of the leaves. When I went to pay I could tell she was dismayed that she had not removed the ancient price and upped it considerably higher, but what could she do. So I got a bargain.

The second above is N Aojiku Fugaku, a subdued beauty purchased from James Rose of Cal Orchid for $40 in January 2009 which is when I started to get serious about growing neos. The variegation is known as chirifu and is subdued but when I purchased it, the variegation was even more subdued but it attracted my attention as being something really different.

One aspect about this hobby, rarely mentioned, is that many purchases are so memorable that you remember the circumstances under which they occurred.