Neofinetia falcata 'Tougen' blooming photography sequence

[Jaljala]

Thank yo Dot, it is also one of my favorites... but I still am going to take more, as the flowers still growing, the sepals are much longer today and more vertical. By the way, they are just starting to spread their fragrance!!! and it is so yummy !!!
And there are 3 other spikes in buds !!!

 

[Jaljala]

August 16th : flower shape is probably optimum now, sepals are much longer and vertical than 2 days ago


IMG_27405 by Jaljala photography, on Flickr


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IMG_27390 by Jaljala photography, on Flickr

 

[KyushuCalanthe]

Tom, thanks for the info, here are a few pics of the leaves (I can take a closer shot tomorrow of one on the fans)

Sept 2008

IMG_21118 by Jaljala photography, on Flickr

Hmm, interesting. Most of these I've seen have more spindly leaves, not so short and compact as yours. Then again, that could be do to you unusual culture. The flowers are pretty much spot on though.

 

[Jaljala]

Today's pictures (Aug 19th) of the second spike in full bloom
The fragrance is fantastic :crazy:

 

[Lanmark]

Nice photography, nice plant! Thanks for sharing! :clap:

 

[KyushuCalanthe]

Wonderful!

 

[Jorch]

Lovely Love the soft pink spur!

 

[Jaljala]

Thank you all for following... I am tempted to try a cross between this one and the Oonami Seikai, but it would mean less time to enjoy the bloom...

 

[SlipperFan]

They are so nicely lined up -- I can't get mine to do that!

 

[Jaljala]

A lot of training, every day when the buds where growing, I was asking them to line up oke:
No seriously, it is interesting because the buds where looking in all directions, and when they started opening, they naturally turned all towards the same direction (the lights where above all that time, so it is not a parameter in that case...). The first spike did the same, but the flowers are further away from each-other so it is not as nice as this spike.

 

[Yoyo_Jo]

Fabulous progression photos! What a great thread. :clap:
And what good little soldiers to line up so perfectly.

Jaljala, I think Jason Fisher may be attending the Fraser Valley Orchid Show in October. You could take your plant to show him then....

 

[Jaljala]

Little update after a few weeks... and playing with a tooth-pick
Neofinetia flowers look nice even after they are pollinated !
These pods are a self, but I also crossed this form with the Oonami Seikai, they didn't take on the Tougen(?) but one pod is growing on the Oonami plant :clap:


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[prem]

that was a nice presentation on that final blooming shot.

----prem