neo. fuji nishiki

[Marco]

The blooms still seem somewhat premature and probably could use a couple more days to develop. However, the fragrance is here and like many, I couldn't help myself.

One of my favorites. I love the variegation on this one. The variegation is pretty consistent on each growth but different from growth to growth.

fuji-nishiki (富士錦) 02 - 06.20.16 by Marco, on Flickr

fuji-nishiki (富士錦) 02 - 06.12.16 by Marco, on Flickr

fuji-nishiki (富士錦) 03 - 06.20.16 by Marco, on Flickr

 

[Lanmark]

Nice!

 

[abax]

Stunning plant and flowers. The variegation on this one
is lovely. I've seen some that just weren't very nice
at all.

 

[Markhamite]

Drooling. Love your selection.

 

[SlipperFan]

Beauties!!!

 

[Happypaphy7]

That little one on the front came out very golden!
Does it turn more green as they mature or is the color/pattern pretty much fixed?

And where did you find it?
Expensive? lf not, I'd love to have one. lol

 

[Marco]

Thanks all!

That little one on the front came out very golden!
Does it turn more green as they mature or is the color/pattern pretty much fixed?

And where did you find it?
Expensive? lf not, I'd love to have one. lol

From what I understand leaf color will turn green if it's not given good light for a prolonged period of time. Fortunately, this neo seems to be happy enough that it hasn't lost its variegation. The variegation for this variety seems to be fairly consistent on each growth. Post number 7 on the following thread has photos of the same growth last year.

http://www.slippertalk.com/forum/showthread.php?t=39014&highlight=Fuji-nishiki

This particular Fuji-nishiki came from Seed Engei. I don't recall how much this plant was. I can say that I have seen neos with stunning variegation on extremely healthy plants (roughly a 4-5 growth plant) offered around $150-$300. These plants seem to be few and far between and fly off the shelf. However, there are nice multi growth variegated varieties that can be found within the $40-$80 price point.

There are neos that are supposed to loose variegation like Neo. Getsuden. The new leaves on my getsuden come out variegated then turn green as they mature. Additionally, this past winter portions of the leaves changed to a wonderful scarlet color. The scarlet color slowly disappeared as spring approached.

 

[KyushuCalanthe]

Nice one Marco. I think I have one of these in the collection, but not as nice as yours. Not a cheap plant even here.

 

[Marco]

Updated photo with blooms fully opened.

fuji-nishiki (富士錦) 02 - 06.26.16 by Marco, on Flickr

fuji-nishiki (富士錦) 01 - 06.26.16 by Marco, on Flickr

 

[SlipperFan]

Very lovely!