Japanese Orchids
When searching for japanese orchids spelling can be a challenge.
Japanese orchids. If you are looking for an item that is either out of stock or not on the site please dont hesitate to contact me by phone 734 369 1776 or email nwo. Using partial names is very helpful like just hime for himeseikai which can also be written hime seikai. Most of the japanese orchids have white flowers but you can find. Bletilla common name urn orchid is a temperate terrestrial genus of orchids containing five currently recognized species distributed through china japan taiwan south to vietnam thailand and myanmar.
Neofinetia is not difficult to grow. The genera jimensia raf. It has beautiful white flowers in summer. Japanese hobbyists collect many different forms with variegated foliage.
The name is actually a diminutive of bletia because of the resemblance between the two genera even though bletia is a new world genus. It is best in sphagnum in clay pots or wired to bark. Many command a high price though not all and have highly fragrant flowers. Perhaps the most famous of the cultivated japanese orchids are fuukiran but others exist as well and enjoy broad popularity today.
Japanese orchids are epiphytes. Use the illustrations and pronunciations below to get started. There are thousands of species of orchids and the japanese orchids are known as neofinetia falcate or the japanese wind orchids. Japan and the ryukyus.
In japan the warm wet monsoon season during june and july encourages the bulbs to bloom and is promptly followed by a cool and icy winter when the orchids lie dormant. Neofinetia is an evergreen epiphytic native japanese orchid from s. This means they have roots that are exposed and arent planted in soil as most flowers.