5 Good Neofientias Everyone Should Have

[gmaculata]

Linht, I am not sure how to post pics to my gallery can you give me the low down? Thanks G

[LinhT]

Originally Posted by gmaculata

Linht, I am not sure how to post pics to my gallery can you give me the low down? Thanks G

G, on the left side of the screen, under Site Menu, click on Gallery. Then click on Member Galleries and on the top right there should be a "upload photos" link you can click on. Hope this helps.

[DelawareJim]

Originally Posted by gmaculata

Thanks for the welcome. You are correct, that is the reason I joined. I was hoping to make a connection with others who grow this great orchid.

Welcome aboard. While new to Neo's myself, I love these plants! And the people are the best.

And now that I've also discovered Sedirea japonica...

Cheers.
Jim

[camille1585]

Originally Posted by LinhT

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

After those posts, I decided to move my Fugaku to lower light, and now, after 2 weeks the yellow leaves are getting their green variegation. Unless the green appears as the leaves age?? I'll have to experiment with light to see what happens!

[LinhT]

Originally Posted by camille1585

After those posts, I decided to move my Fugaku to lower light, and now, after 2 weeks the yellow leaves are getting their green variegation. Unless the green appears as the leaves age?? I'll have to experiment with light to see what happens!

Good move, Camille! Lowering the light does make the green parts a darker green on the variegated neos. For one of my tora-fu variegated ones it took a significant decrease in light for the variegation to go from gold+lime green to medium green+cream. Some of my variegated ones do show more clear variegation as the leaves age though. They're so many of these little guys!! They all seem to be so different! That's what makes them so fun though, for me at least.

[Becca]

I too have been trying to lower the lighting on my variegated Neo to see if I can bring more of the green out rather then the creamy yellow in the leaves.....will the change only show on the new leaves? If so....then I may have a while to wait because it seems to be resting or something like that.

[DelawareJim]

Becca;

Yes, any changes to variegation only show on the new leaves. Variegation is determined by the presence or lack of chlorophyll in the leaf, so it's permanently set in each leaf.

Generally, since variegation is dependent on the overall health of the plant and the amount of light it receives, more light and a healthier plant yields more variegation. Ideally, and I would suspect with the Japanese culture of variegated Neo's, you would want to grow them in as bright a light as possible without scorching the leaves.

Cheers.
Jim

[LinhT]

Originally Posted by Becca

I too have been trying to lower the lighting on my variegated Neo to see if I can bring more of the green out rather then the creamy yellow in the leaves.....will the change only show on the new leaves? If so....then I may have a while to wait because it seems to be resting or something like that.

Becca, I think the higher light just makes the green parts more bright or lime green and the yellow parts more gold. With the older leaves, if there's no variegation at all on it, it pretty much stays that way.

[DelawareJim]

I'm surprised no-one has mentioned Benisuzume. For a pink/red flower, I think it can't be beat.

Cheers.
Jim

[kavanaru]

well, I have Benisuzume, und to be honest, I am not happy with that plant I have seen a Shutenno in the Orchids Exhibition in Locarno, and WOW! that was a plant! (much better than any other Shutenno shown here)

so, for me Benisuzume is not in the top 5 (my personal opinion )