Acquiring Neofinetias Via EBay

[MattWoelfsen]

Thank you Sonya!

[AnonYMouse]

Okay. Which one of you snagged that Tamazuru?
Neofinetiafalcata Japaneseorchid Popular Nishidemiyako Mutation Tamazuru

[MattWoelfsen]

Not me! Nice plant and intriguing mutation! There are some large and more costly plants up for auction in the next two days. I like this one: AMAMI-NO-TOU 奄美の塔



Seed Engei occasionally provide plants that are mutations of Amami Island Furan. Since mutations come from seedlings, you would have to grow several generations in order to register it, right? Otherwise this particular plant is one of a kind?

[ramp]

Originally Posted by MattWoelfsen

Seed Engei occasionally provide plants that are mutations of Amami Island Furan. Since mutations come from seedlings, you would have to grow several generations in order to register it, right? Otherwise this particular plant is one of a kind?

Yep, several generations and to be possibly registered, you need to present 3 plants in traditional potting to even be considered of having it registered and then there is the registration fee, which can be very high.

[Jayfar]

Originally Posted by AnonYMouse

Okay. Which one of you snagged that Tamazuru?
Neofinetiafalcata Japaneseorchid Popular Nishidemiyako Mutation Tamazuru

Wasn't me either (already have one), but I was looking at it. Sure went fast though. It had only been listed as buy it now a little over an hour before it sold. Very unusual for SE to list stuff as B.I.N. too; they've only occasionally listed a few and only recently.

It appears from the number on the back of my tag that I paid only 30 for my similar sized one at the SEPOS show, but I guess subjectively the form and variegation might be better on the ebay one. My leaves are a little twistier and one bottom leaf is solid green.

Below is mine as it appeared in April (new leaf has continued to slowly grow since).


Tamazuru NewNeos-April2014-015 by Jayfar, on Flickr

[jeremiah.chua]

Only $30 for your Tamazuru, Jay? I've noticed some numbers on the back of the tags before and they are not always equal to the actual price. Sometimes they are, many times they aren't in my experience. But if you got yours for $30, then wow. :O Congrats! Tama-nishiki is pretty expensive itself. To get Tamazuru at that price would be such a steal.

[Jayfar]

Originally Posted by jeremiah.chua

Only $30 for your Tamazuru, Jay? I've noticed some numbers on the back of the tags before and they are not always equal to the actual price. Sometimes they are, many times they aren't in my experience. But if you got yours for $30, then wow. :O Congrats! Tama-nishiki is pretty expensive itself. To get Tamazuru at that price would be such a steal.

I think that's correct. That's what I put down on my spreadsheet the day I bought it. There's a slight chance that's incorrect as I didn't get an itemized receipt. As it was SE gave me some discount on the total for the bunch of plants I bought that day.

[trdyl]

Originally Posted by AnonYMouse

Okay. Which one of you snagged that Tamazuru?
Neofinetiafalcata Japaneseorchid Popular Nishidemiyako Mutation Tamazuru

I wish I could say it was me. But, I'm not the culprit this time....

[Jayfar]

Originally Posted by Jayfar

A really nice Otememaru that was originally listed at 79.99, was changed to a minimum bid of 129.99 shortly after it was listed. I was still going to try for it, but someone else won with a bid of 265. Darn!!!

Neofinetiafalcata Great Presentation Aborable Japaneseorchid Otomemaru

Drat!!! Foiled again!

Neofinetiafalcata/great presentation/aborable(japaneseorchid)-OTOMEMARU-乙女丸
Winning bid: US $294.00

Sorry, you were outbid. This item sold for US $294.00

Neofinetiafalcata Great Presentation Aborable Japaneseorchid Otomemaru

[ramp]

Sorry to hear JayFar.
At least I got the photo.