Happypaphy7
Paphlover
I have two plants of wild type Neofinetia in bloom together and notice some differences.
The first one is a first time blooming plant with four growths.
It has five flowers on a single spike. The petal tips and spur had pink tinge before the flowers opened, but once they opened, they disappeared other than slight pink hue remaining on the spur.
The scent is close to gardenia, sweet but not too heady. Clean and pleasant, I would say.
The plant size (leaf length) nearly doubled last fall.
I thought I had a miniature, but now it is about the typical size.
The second plant is an old timer with over 20 growths. (this after having a good sized chunk taken off of it one year ago.)
Yet, it only has two spikes, one of which bearing six flowers is being shown here. There were a couple more but I killed them by lazy watering in the past months.
Still, I would think it can do much better. It used to make five or six spikes at a time when much younger. I must be doing something wrong.
One thing I'm missing for sure is the proper winter.
By the way, flowers on this plant is showing more and more pink every year.
It used to be pure white, but this year has more pink tone than ever.
Flowers are strongly of coconut with sweet undertone.
The flowers are just tad bit smaller and floral segments are narrower than the other plant.
Culture: I had them by the bright window until about early spring this year, then I placed them both under T8 set up.
Both are in bark based mix in plastic pot. The old timer is in need of repotting. It's been too old. lol
The first one is a first time blooming plant with four growths.
It has five flowers on a single spike. The petal tips and spur had pink tinge before the flowers opened, but once they opened, they disappeared other than slight pink hue remaining on the spur.
The scent is close to gardenia, sweet but not too heady. Clean and pleasant, I would say.
The plant size (leaf length) nearly doubled last fall.
I thought I had a miniature, but now it is about the typical size.
The second plant is an old timer with over 20 growths. (this after having a good sized chunk taken off of it one year ago.)
Yet, it only has two spikes, one of which bearing six flowers is being shown here. There were a couple more but I killed them by lazy watering in the past months.
Still, I would think it can do much better. It used to make five or six spikes at a time when much younger. I must be doing something wrong.
One thing I'm missing for sure is the proper winter.
By the way, flowers on this plant is showing more and more pink every year.
It used to be pure white, but this year has more pink tone than ever.
Flowers are strongly of coconut with sweet undertone.
The flowers are just tad bit smaller and floral segments are narrower than the other plant.
Culture: I had them by the bright window until about early spring this year, then I placed them both under T8 set up.
Both are in bark based mix in plastic pot. The old timer is in need of repotting. It's been too old. lol
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