Neofinetia falcata Benimusou

 I bought this cute bean leaf 6 years ago and it didn't grow much since then, at some point I almost lost it due to root rot and it lost some leaves , so now it seems even smaller than when I got it...

I tried to look up this cultivar name and it turns out that its ancestor is one of a few selected siblings of cross between Neofinetia falcata 'Benikujaku' and Neofinetia falcata 'Yodonomatsu'.



According to info on pungnan website :https://pungnan.or.kr/bbs/board.php?bo_table=class&wr_id=222  there are few different types of Benimusou. But I still didn't quite understand differences between types, maybe because of the google translation gaps. Mine seems to fit the look of the one on the second picture where leaves don't fully open:

While repotting this time I noticed quite healthy roots, maybe finally it will take on and produce more growths. I would like to see it clumping....

Neofinetia falcata Keiga Fukurin

 So, its official, my main plant of Keiga stabilized its variegation as fukurin. 

Last 5 leaves it produced have  consistent marginal stripes.

It is pretty exciting. Now I have both types of Keiga shima and fukurin. Curious what kind of babies this one will produce. Currently there is one pup that is almost ghost, so it doesn't count. Hope next one will be full on fukurin...

Neofinetia Mugen Shima repotted

I skipped repotting last year so started early this year to make up for that. 

Mugen shima came apart during process and now I have three.

The main plant keeps producing new pups, I like how every one of them comes out variegated.

The larger of two divisions has a start of new growth, it also seems to have some stripes, hopefully it will take on.

The smaller division is... well, small. But it has nice roots, so if  I will not drop the ball with regular waterings - it should progress.

All in all it is very productive plant :)

Cattleya trianae v coerulea bloom

 Cattleya trianae  coerulea flower is large, looks much bigger than actual plant itself. Unfortunately there is no fragrance...

Cattleya trianae v coerulea bud

 Cattleya trianae's bud always comes in winter on the bulb that grew during the summer. Interestingly despite common opinion that cattleya needs lots of sun for blooming - this one blooms beside the north facing window that never gets sun. Few more weeks before bloom opens, hopefully it doesn't blast - humidity is pretty low in the house with all the heat and minus twenties outside....

Neofinetia falcata Shishinden

 Neofinetia falcata Shishinden is a mutation of Suruga fukurin. It is supposed to have marginal variegation starts creamy and then gets yellow on older leaves. Plant is still small. I think it needs bright light to keep valiegation bright yellow. It might get back to suruga fukurin if variegation goes all white instead of yellow.

Neofinetia falcata Benibotan

 New purchase  Neofinetia Benibotan, all these streaks and markings are actually features: