Acquiring Neofinetias Via EBay

[Hakumin]

Originally Posted by Jayfar

New World has Beniougi listed on their site at 100 per growth. Seed Engei has 3 listed in their July list, ranging from 70 to 120, but those may be sold by now.

The reason I liked this Beniougi was the fact that it had the nice marginal stripe of red/pink AND yellow-green marginal stripe on the upper leaves.

The best Beniougi is supposed to be a Yellow-green fukurin where it turns to scarlet fukurin on the older leaves, but I've not seen very many sold in the US with the characteristic marginal pink and yellow green in a clean variegation. They mostly just have red scattered randomly across the leaf or completely lack the yellow green variegation

A good beniougi should look like this:



However, I know that there are ones for sale elsewhere. I was just hoping a good deal.

[Jayfar]

Originally Posted by Hakumin

The reason I liked this Beniougi was the fact that it had the nice marginal stripe of red/pink AND yellow-green marginal stripe on the upper leaves.

The best Beniougi is supposed to be a Yellow-green fukurin where it turns to scarlet fukurin on the older leaves, but I've not seen very many sold in the US with the characteristic marginal pink and yellow green in a clean variegation. They mostly just have red scattered randomly across the leaf or completely lack the yellow green variegation.

Ooooooh, that's an exceptionally nice one! I have a single growth that I bought last year as a division from an occasional ebay seller (yonex1028). Mine has the marginal scarlet variegation pretty consistent on all leaves, but no yellow. I wonder if a certain level of lighting would bring out some yellow?

[jeremiah.chua]

It should come out as yellow first and as it gets exposed to more and more light, it turns red. The stages go as green -> yellow/white -> red/pinks.

[NeofinetiaCanada2014]

I have a Beniougi from a long time ago that grew with nice scarlet and yellow marginal variegations. New leaves come out olive green with thin light yellow variegation and turn scarlet with red in intense light. The intensity of the red varies from year to year based on lighting. It has about 7 growths now. They grow pretty fast too. And are strong plants!

[NeofinetiaCanada2014]

BTW, I give it southwestern exposure all year long with 50% shade. I treat it like a yellow tiger...

[MattWoelfsen]

My Beniougi looks like it came from your plant Leslie! I can't wait for the time when my plant produces more fans and more variegation. I wish I can get a second Beniougi so that I can experiment with light intensity to bring out the three color variegation.

[NeofinetiaCanada2014]

It sure does Matt! Next year your plant will have 2 new growths ... then 2 more every year after that if really happy... Just keep it in bright light all year

[MattWoelfsen]

Crazy! I must be crazy! Thank God, there were far more crazy people bidding against me last night! There was some really nice plants that went higher than I thought would be of good value. I hope whomever they were, they enjoy their new plants.

A nice set of plants up for auction tonight. I might bid on the Fugaku. That is an interesting looking plant--one large fan all green and the rest beautifully variegated. Musoumaru-no-tora looks interesting. Vendor states that there is a damaged leaf, which is visible, so "special price". But it is the highest valued plant up for bid?

[Red Orchid]

This is my Beniougi I have had it for about 2 yrs; it is doing well with new roots, leaves and even bloomed for me. I grown it under T5 lights set low.


Neofinetia Beniougi by Ginger 935, on Flickr

[MattWoelfsen]

Lovely plant obviously well cared for Ginger. You and Leslie sure know how to grow this Beniougi.