5 Good Neofientias Everyone Should Have

[kavanaru]

LOL she says that would be like giving mice to cat for baby sitting... she even manages to kill Cactus and Saintpaulias

P.S.- You know that "being a good boy for a little while at least!" actually means that I am seeing how I get those great Paphs imported to Switzerland, and what I can get at locarno in two weeks

[gmdiaz]

Originally Posted by LinhT

OH MY GOSH!! You know OB rocks when people like Lynn Hausermann and Glenn Lehr come on board!! Welcome, Glenn

Tracy, I agree!!!

OB is such a fabulous place and it's just getting better all the time!



OMG! Glenn, those orchids are fantastic and the pots are amazing too! Love the photos!

[gmdiaz]

Originally Posted by camille1585

Oh no!! I want them all!! Both of mine are in the two top five lists. I have Chutney and Fugal. I think they are lonely and need the company of their own species...

Shannan, your Fugal looks different than mine. Mine has leaves that are less round and much yellower. Each new leaf is puts out is yellower than the last. It's nice, but it's losing the variegation that I liked so much. I'm trying to take a picture right now to show you.

Too much light? Maybe try lowering it just above Phal light and see what happens!

I've noticed this too with the tiger-striped varieties. . .they seem to need much less light!

[gmdiaz]

Here are my top five faves. . .out of the ones that I HAVE. . .so far!

Gojyo Fukurin
Kinkosei
Seikai
Shutenno
Seiryujushi

BUT I bet I would LOVE these:
(see how cleverly I got in EIGHT top faves)

3-spur variety
Hisui
Shunkyudan

[gmdiaz]

Originally Posted by kavanaru

LOL Shannan, you are going to laugh now... I am here watching this thread with my cousin (she just came to vsit from Madrid) and she has just started that I need to add Shutenno, Gojyo Fukurin and Seikai to my collection... She's fallen in love with Neos and Sedireas too ))))

you see what I told you: it's risky to let me wait that long... :-)))))) but I will resist this time There are currently other priority plants....

I like her already!

Yeah, good luck with that. We know how you are. You're bad, bad, bad and we know you are making plans for more orchids.

Might as well go ahead and place your order with Shannan. You know you want to.

[gmdiaz]

Shannan, just back to admire your Fugaku! The leaves are amazing. . .actually reminds me of that stunning variegated Sedirea that you got from Glenn.

A really neat one!

[shams]

Oh my! Glenn has maybe made my shopping list for me! I really am going to have to try stop by in November when I go to Michigan... Don't know how... but I will have to try. I already have Shutennou, but I think I really need to have Hisui and Kinkosei... the third one I get is still up for debate

[Sandy4453]

This must be the man who others recommended I contact when I'm ready ($$$$) for my first Neo. I feel like a celebrity is making a guest appearance, here. Now I see what all the cheerleading for Glenn was about. These plants are breathtaking.

I want that Red Emporer

I agree with you both, gmdiaz and LinhT, this website is such an outstanding community. I can't believe what I was missing out on by not sticking around when I first found the site last year. Fred (aka Sina), thank you, truly!

[LinhT]

Originally Posted by camille1585

Shannan, your Fugaku looks different than mine. Mine has leaves that are less round and much yellower. Each new leaf is puts out is yellower than the last. It's nice, but it's losing the variegation that I liked so much. I'm trying to take a picture right now to show you.

Camille, you probably don't have to worry much about the leaf color on your Fugaku. I think there's a lot of variation from plant to plant on this one. The color on your root tips still look fine. I've given several of my neos too much light before and the root tips turned a very bright pink.

Here's a pic of my Fugaku. It's a yellow/ lime green too and was that way when I got it.


I'm not talking "ruby red roots" bright pink. I'm talkin' "you're frying my butt off, you freak" bright pink. After I backed off a little on the light, the root tips turned back to the normal red they were before. Oh, and I just realized that's my toe in the background. Great

[LinhT]

Camille, as far as the shorter round leaves....

If I remember correctly, I think Shannan said her Fugaku is still a baby that might be why the leaves look a little different?? They are suppose to be the regular namiba shaped leaves, though.