Pink Neo

[Happypaphy7]

Shojo in bloom.
Timing is slightly off and the other spike with three buds will open right after this bunch will have faded away.

Very strongly scented.

Last year, it had three spikes on a single growth, but only one survived and it made two flowers. I was terribly lazy with watering during the critical time.

I have been much better this time.

 

[Mark Karayannis]

Nicely grown with good results. Thanks for sharing

 

[Erythrone]

It is very nice!!

 

[Lanmark]

Gorgeous!

This is a great, reliable variety which should be in everyone's collection.

 

[SlipperFan]

Lovely!

 

[abax]

The delicate pink is wonderful. I wish I could smell it.

 

[blondie]

Cute little flower

 

[Ozpaph]

very pretty

 

[naoki]

Very nice!

As a side note, you should pronounce it as Show-Joe with 'ou' sound. There is no unified way to express Japanese translation to english alphabets, but this is one of the difficult one since there are at least 4 different meanings with similar pronunciation (depending on long 'ou' or short 'o'). The name of this neo is based on a mythical creature (red-ape), but if you pronounce with just short 'o' sound, it means completely different thing (virgin girl).

 

[KyushuCalanthe]

Very nice!

As a side note, you should pronounce it as Show-Joe with 'ou' sound. There is no unified way to express Japanese translation to english alphabets, but this is one of the difficult one since there are at least 4 different meanings with similar pronunciation (depending on long 'ou' or short 'o'). The name of this neo is based on a mythical creature (red-ape), but if you pronounce with just short 'o' sound, it means completely different thing (virgin girl).

Ha, ha! Hence the need for kanji! According to my favorite online Japanese/English dictionary (http://jisho.org): "A shōjō is a kind of Japanese sea spirit with red face and hair and a fondness for alcohol. The legend is the subject of a Noh play of the same name. There is a Noh mask for this character, as well as a type of Kabuki stage makeup, that bear the name. The Chinese characters are also a Japanese (and Chinese) word for orangutan, and can also be used in Japanese to refer to someone who is particularly fond of alcohol."

Sounds like your typical salaryman, sometime after 10 p.m. :rollhappy:

 

[Happypaphy7]

I don't know why it was named Orangutan? lol
猩猩 ( When first discovered, the name 猩猩之舞 was used)
This is the Chinese character for the name of this variety, and in Korean, we pronounce it more like Sung Sung. (we don't have equivalent of English s sound)
You will see the two letters are exactly the same.
So, this makes me curious how kanji pronunciation works. I probably want to take a crash course, but I'm afraid it might turn out to be complex.

I'm happy this came out quite nicely colored as I have seen nearly completely white flowers with pink on only spur and pedicel.
This is a selfing of who knows what the origin of the mother plant was. A division of the original or another selfing...

 

[naoki]

You are right, there are lots of those after 10PM (maybe around Nakasu area)!

From what I remember, the usage for Orangutan is derived. Orangutan has reddish hair, and Shoujou has reddish hair as Tom mentioned. Interestingly, this creature is derived from Chinese (as with lots of things in Japan), but in China, there are more diverse description of this "species" (according to Japanese wikipedia). Some Chinese stories say that they have yellow hair instead of red, and others say that it is a pig. But in Japan, it is homogeneous, and it means the red haired creature. This seems to be an example of the "founder effect" in folklore evolution. When some story/culture/music get transmitted, only a small subset could be passed to the new location. I guess Appalachian 'old-time' fiddle music vs Irish trad. music is similar, too.

hp7, kanji usage in Japan is tough (even for me), and there are lots of exceptions... I'm sure it is similarly complex in Korean.

 

[Happypaphy7]

Korean is rather simple. It is phonetic, so the pronunciation is quite straight forward. Once you learn the characters, you can read them without knowing any meaning of what you are reading. lol

There is a saying in Korea about learning Japanese language.
You begin with smile, and then you cry. hahaha

 

[KyushuCalanthe]

There is a saying in Korea about learning Japanese language.
You begin with smile, and then you cry. hahaha

I can relate to that

 

[myxodex]

I don't know why it was named Orangutan? lol
猩猩 ( When first discovered, the name 猩猩之舞 was used)
This is the Chinese character for the name of this variety, and in Korean, we pronounce it more like Sung Sung. (we don't have equivalent of English s sound)
You will see the two letters are exactly the same.
So, this makes me curious how kanji pronunciation works. I probably want to take a crash course, but I'm afraid it might turn out to be complex.

I'm happy this came out quite nicely colored as I have seen nearly completely white flowers with pink on only spur and pedicel.
This is a selfing of who knows what the origin of the mother plant was. A division of the original or another selfing...

Yes, it does seem that the intensity of colouring varies a lot within individual plants of the red flowered types. You have a very good one. The flower form is similar to my Koukakuden, but my plant has less pigment on the petals.

 

[Happypaphy7]

One thing I hate about this and basically all my other pink varieties (except for the hybrids), is that the spike very earlier, sometimes even before the winter, and then they stay low for a very long time until they finally emerge in the summer.
During this time, I often blast them (one or all) with underwatering.