Neo. 'setsuzan' - Warning : Image Heavy

[Marco]

05.27.07 @ 01:47pm

05.31.07 @ 10:57pm

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[Heather]

Wow! Thanks Marco!
Spikes grow from claws to flower darn quick huh? This was a good lesson for me. Keep 'em comin'!

 

[cdub]

sweet progression

 

[dave b]

very nice

 

[Candace]

Are they growing in old prime agra or something else?

 

[Marco]

Candace - its the old stuff

 

[NYEric]

Nice, is that one plant or two in the pot?

 

[Marco]

Eric - it's 1 plant, 8 growths, 2 mature and the other 6 looks like half growths

 

[NYEric]

Nice, I can't believe that with all that purplish color on the bud/spike the flowers came out white!

 

[streetmorrisart]

I've been admiring all of your Neos, Marco. SH goes against everything I've ever been taught about them but it obviously works and it'd be oh-so-convenient. I may be trying this with a couple of my more common ones.

 

[Marco]

robin you got me all paranoid so i went and checked the standard white i bought from oakhill over a year ago. this neo has been in sh for about about a year. The roots were really long to start out with and there was some root but not to much honestly. I don't know if it would last in the long term though. several of the longer root tips already started rotting. I'm probably going to end up moving them back into sphag after theyre done blooming

 

[Heather]

Marco - those roots look pretty good to me - can you post a photo of the bad ones please?

(Or am I just missing something?)

 

[Marco]

i ripped all of the bad ones off already

 

[streetmorrisart]

I didn’t mean to scare you! I’m just pleasantly surprised, especially after seeing the one that’s been grown that way for the past year. Doesn’t look remotely unhappy to me.

 

[Heather]

I'm quite sure John (Phrag) was growing all of his this way, I think for at least a year, with success.

 

[streetmorrisart]

Apparently SH neo success abounds! I’ve always had this (perhaps overly-simplistic) view that it was best for species that rarely if ever dried out in nature and hybrids with these water hogs dominating their background. I should perhaps broaden my horizons and save myself some work. But I don’t have the cohones to experiment with these I don’t think—the only time I’ve ever had any problems with mine is when I didn’t let the moss dry between waterings. Once you rot your favorite little bean leaf you get overly-cautious I guess.

 

[Heather]

Once you rot your favorite little bean leaf you get overly-cautious I guess.

My favorite little bean leaf is actually on it's way to me right now. I can't wait!

I'm actually NOT planning on growing them in S/H. I like the Japanese aesthetic much more and I have not had the best luck with S/H in general and am getting ready to switch back to a more traditional media. It's a shame, cause I really preferred its ease of use.

 

[Marco]

I have not had the best luck with S/H in general and am getting ready to switch back to a more traditional media. It's a shame, cause I really preferred its ease of use.

You and me both. The ceramic neo pots look much better too.