Neofinetia falcata Seikai - then and now

[Neodex]

In 2006 I went to a Portsmouth (UK) orchid show to pick up a Shutennou from Glenn (NWO). I saw this funny little neo and was curious. Glenn had to pursuade me that it was one to have ... and I got it really cheap (see first pick). I was nervous about feeding neos in those days and grew them on a starvation diet. For a few years this little plant grew slowly with small leaves until I started a better feeding regime. The second pic is from today and you can see the change to bigger leaves that resulted from better feeding. It flowers regularly for me now and is one of my favourites. I will update with more pics as this one blooms.

Cheers,
Tim