Tolumnia Red Barry

[Erythrone]

Tolumnia Red Barry 111 web by Erythrone, on Flickr

 

[Lmpgs]

Nice and good looking.

 

[The Mutant]

Oh hello there cutiepie! :smitten:

Damn... I like Tolumnias as well. Isn't it enough that you guys make me buy Paphs and Phrags? Do you have to get me into other genera, too? :sob:

 

[Erythrone]

Oh hello there cutiepie! :smitten:

Damn... I like Tolumnias as well. Isn't it enough that you guys make me buy Paphs and Phrags? Do you have to get me into other genera, too? :sob:

Of course... and you must grow Neofinetia falcata too! Ooops... Vanda falcatat!

 

[The Mutant]

Of course... and you must grow Neofinetia falcata too! Ooops... Vanda falcatat!

I have a little keiki that got severely decimated this summer by flat mites + neglect + wrong substrate. I still don't know if it's going to make it or not; it's soon down to only two leaves. :sob: If it doesn't make it, I might get another one later (they're very small after all), but this time, I'll buy a BS one. No more fragile keikis in the hands of this Neo...Vanda falcata noob.

 

[NYEric]

Great looking plant an dblooms.
Tolumnia are easier than Neofinitia in my opinion, but Neos are fragrant!

 

[PaphMadMan]

Impressive plant. One of the increasingly common unregistered Tolumnia hybrids, but it has great color, and you obviously grow it well.

 

[SlipperFan]

Very nicely grown.

 

[The Mutant]

Great looking plant an dblooms.
Tolumnia are easier than Neofinitia in my opinion, but Neos are fragrant!

And Neos are considered 'easy'. The funny thing is, I've almost managed to kill mine by keeping it too dry and I usually over water everything. I love how consistent I am.

A Swedish vendor has two different Tolumnia hybrids... They're adorable. :smitten:

 

[Erythrone]

Impressive plant. One of the increasingly common unregistered Tolumnia hybrids, but it has great color, and you obviously grow it well.

It is registeredoke:

 

[Erythrone]

Great looking plant an dblooms.
Tolumnia are easier than Neofinitia in my opinion, but Neos are fragrant!

I think Tolumnia and Neofinetia are 2 genus easy to grow, but since Tolus prefer warmer conditions than Neofs, the first are easier to grow in a living room.

 

[The Mutant]

I think Tolumnia and Neofinetia are 2 genus easy to grow, but since Tolus prefer warmer conditions than Neofs, the first are easier to grow in a living room.

I think the general consensus is that Neos are easy to grow, so what can I say. It takes a special kind of talent to kill easy orchids and I have that talent in spades. :rollhappy:

I don't seem to have any problems with it during winter, it was the summer that almost killed it. Let's see if I can save it now. I'm going to try at least. Any tips on how to get it to grow some roots? It only has two (luckily, they're very nice looking roots, but I want it to have more) and has never had more than that since I got it over a year ago.

 

[Erythrone]

2 of my Neofs (ooops Vanda falcata...) did not want to make new roots too... a pity. I putted them in a plastic bag, on a heating pad. They are in Sphagnum moss like all my Neofs (oops...). They grew since the last 2 months... They look better, but they are still small. One plant had yellow leaves. The foliage is now "normal green".

A very good grower from Los Angeles also told me she has the same problem for some small plants. And she believe that the only time to divide a Neof. (oops again!!!) is when it is in its dormancy.

 

[PaphMadMan]

It is registeredoke:

Oops... I used up my one allowed mistake for the year on day 1. Now I need to be perfect for 364.

 

[Erythrone]

Oops... I used up my one allowed mistake for the year on day 1. Now I need to be perfect for 364.

:rollhappy::rollhappy::rollhappy:

 

[Migrant13]

Really well grown and flowered tolum!

 

[The Mutant]

2 of my Neofs (ooops Vanda falcata...) did not want to make new roots too... a pity. I putted them in a plastic bag, on a heating pad. They are in Sphagnum moss like all my Neofs (oops...). They grew since the last 2 months... They look better, but they are still small. One plant had yellow leaves. The foliage is now "normal green".

A very good grower from Los Angeles also told me she has the same problem for some small plants. And she believe that the only time to divide a Neof. (oops again!!!) is when it is in its dormancy.

Thank you for your answer.

I just realized I had neglected to do the most basic things when nursing weak orchids; give it warmer temperatures and less light... I had my Neovanda standing close to the multiflora Paphs, on a cold windowsill...

I will now sit and feel stupid for a while, and sorry for hijacking your thread.

 

[Erythrone]

I will now sit and feel stupid for a while,

Please don't do that !!!! It has been a pleasure to discuss with you oke:

 

[phrag guy]

nice,very well grown

 

[The Mutant]

Please don't do that !!!! It has been a pleasure to discuss with you oke:

I'm done feeling stupid now. :rollhappy:

I've ordered a heat pad and will now do my very best to make sure my Vandafinetia recovers, along with my poor little Paph fairrieanum, which I discovered had gotten root rot when I repotted it yesterday. :sob:

I really need to learn to hold back on that water during winter!