Neofinetia falcata (Thunberg) H. H. Hu

Neofinetia falcata

Family	Orchidaceae
Subfamily	Epidendroideae
Tribe	Vandeae
Subtribe	Aeridinae (also placed in Sarcanthinae)
Scientific name	Neofinetia falcata (Thunberg) H. H. Hu
Synonyms	Aerides thunbergii Miquel; Angorchis falcata (Lindley) Kuntze; Angraecopsis falcata (Lindley) Schlechter; Angraecum falcatum (Thunberg) Lindley; Finetia falcata (Thunberg) Schlechter; Holcoglossum falcatum (Thunberg) Garay et H. R. Sweet; Limodorum falcatum Swartz; Nipponorchis falcata (Thunberg) Masamune; Oeceoclades falcata (Thunberg) Lindley; Oeceoclades lindleyi Regel; Orchis falcata Thunberg; Vanda falcata (Thunberg) Beer
Common name	(Japanese common name) fu-ran (フウラン, 風蘭 [meaning: wind orchid]), fuki-ran (フウキラン, 富貴蘭 [meaning: rich and noble orchid])
Common name	(English common name) none
Distribution	(Japan) Honshu (south of Kanto region), Shikoku,. Kyushu, Okinawa
Distribution	(Other nations) Korea, China
Chromosomal number	2n=38
Description	Leaves 5-10cm long, 6-8mm wide. Scapes 10-20cm long. Flowers white (merely pale yellow or pink) lips petals 7-8mm long, flowerting in July to August. Epiphyte mainly on mossy trunks or branches of tall trees. Perennial plants.
Reference	Neofinetia falcata (Thunb.) Hu
	Neofinetia falcata [Thunb.] H.H. Hu 1925
	Neofinetia falcata (Thunb.) H.H. Hu
	Growth medium for sphagnum moss (US Patent 20060231451)
	Vase for Growing Neofinetia falcata (WIPO Patent WO/2004/073389)
	Outer pot for epiphytic plant (Japanese Patent JP09313042/1997)
Note	There are many types of cultivated variations of Neofinetia falcata. Especially white fower form Neofinetia falcata (from Amami Ohshima Island, south of Kyushu) has been cultivated broadly.
	Photos at Nagoya Dome in 2007 below are those of some Neofinetia falcata which are displayed at the Orchid Show 2007 at Nagoya Dome (Nagoya City, Japan).
	Photos at Nagoya Dome in 2009 below are those of some Neofinetia falcata which are displayed at the Orchid Show 2009 at Nagoya Dome (Nagoya City, Japan).
	Photo of traditional Japanese orchid display below: Mr. Shunji Mitsuhashi made the traditional Japanese orchid pot and other attachments around. This indigo blue color pot was mede especially to display Neofinetia falcata. He is a well skilled craft artist of traditional Japanese orchid pots for orchid cultivation, aa well as is famous for his cultivation of Japanese wild orchids. See, RHS: Summary of the 199th Annual General Meeting of the Royal Horticultural Society.


July 2009 at my home	August 2007 at my home	July 2009 at my home


(fruits)	(fruits)
November 2009 at my home	November 2009 at my home


(fruits & seeds)
January 2010 at my home

Flower Varieties


cv. Hisui	cv. Hisui	cv. Hisui
July 2011 at my home	July 2011 at my home	July 2011 at my home


cv. Higashidemiyako	cv. Kikuhime
cultivated by Mr. Masahiro Sasa	cultivated by Mr. Misuo Saka
March 2009 at Nagoya Dome	March 2009 at Nagoya Dome


cv. Kouyo	cv. Momohime	cv. Shojyo
cultivated by Mr. Kazuhito Miyake	cultivated by Shunju-en Nursery	cultivated by Mr. Katsuyuki Takahashi
March 2009 at Nagoya Dome	March 2007 at Nagoya Dome	March 2009 at Nagoya Dome


cv. Takachiho	cv. Shuten-no	cv. Shuten-no
cultivated by Ken-en Nursery	cultivated by Madame Takako Takami	cultivated by Mr. Masahiro Sasa
March 2007 at Nagoya Dome	March 2007 at Nagoya Dome	March 2009 at Nagoya Dome

Variegatas


cv. Beni-Ougi	cv. Fugaku	cv. Gojo-Fukurin
cultivated by Mr. Masahiro Sasa	cultivated by Mr. Noboru Miyamoto	cultivated by Madame Tomoko Kakihana
March 2009 at Nagoya Dome	March 2009 at Nagoya Dome	March 2009 at Nagoya Dome


cv. Jitsu-Gekko	cv. Kin-Kabuto	cv. Kogane-nishiki
cultivated by Mr. Katsuyuki Takahashi	cultivated by Mr. Takashi Yokoyama	cultivated by Mr. Mitsuo Saka
March 2009 at Nagoya Dome	March 2009 at Nagoya Dome	March 2009 at Nagoya Dome


cv. Rain-no-Hikari
cultivated by Awa-en Nursery
March 2009 at Nagoya Dome

traditional Japanese display


July 2009 at Mr. Mitsuhashi's home