Neofinetia falcata ‘Homeiden’

Neofinetia falcata ‘Homeiden’

Houmeiden is a famous favorite tiger variety.  It is characterized by smaller than average leaves that are white at the base.  To keep this variety looking its best and brightest, keep it in low light (as you should all white tiger varieties).

More spectacular than the foliage are the vivid ruby root tips (nearer Bright pink) that appear in the spring as the plant awakens from its winter doldrums, they are very attractive!

Houmeiden produces standard white flowers in summer; wonderfully fragrant as are all furan.

Houmeiden will express the most white in the leaves during the early spring season (between March and May). Once The summer grow season begins, there will be more green in the foliage.

Very well suited for windowsill growing, but can be mounted too of course. Our  Neofinetia’s are supplied bare root or in our bark mixture.

The cultivation of Fukiran has a long history dating back more than 400 years ago and originating in Japan. Over this time many unique variants of Furan have been cultivated, some worth the £100,000’s!!

There are 100’s variations of Neofinetia falcata. Each variety has a variations in flower shape, leaf shape & even texture, variegation, stem, tsuke (connection between stem & leaf), roots and root colour.

Flowers are highly fragrant and have a sweet smell often in the morning or evening, the intoxicating fragrance is like that of Citrus or Honeysuckle blossom. Flowering season is normally in Summer (June to July), the common colour form is white but there are varieties like red, green, pink and yellow.

Typically Neofinetia like a shady but airy place to grow, in the UK we give full light during the cooler months with a minimum temperature of 10c, they can tolerate a lower temperature down to 5c but during this cooler season they must remain on the dry side. In Summer like all orchids we provide shading to avoid excessive temperature and allow fresh air to flow through our orchid house.