{"id":39430,"date":"2017-11-08T13:57:37","date_gmt":"2017-11-08T18:57:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/?p=39430"},"modified":"2017-12-02T19:06:10","modified_gmt":"2017-12-03T00:06:10","slug":"rich-and-noble","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/rich-and-noble\/","title":{"rendered":"Rich and noble"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Neofinetia (Vanda) falcata in a non-traditional pot<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I foolishly attended the orchid show last weekend with my checkbook on hand, with the result that I now have half a shelf of mostly “easy” orchids under lights in the kitchen. Most were in flower when I bought them, and you can see them here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

However, the one that is not blooming has perhaps the most interesting history. That is Neofinetia falcata<\/a><\/em> (recently reclassified as Vanda falcata<\/em>), the “samurai” orchid. According to the F\u016bkiran Society of America<\/a> website,<\/p>\n

Furan or wind orchid, the Japanese name for Neofinetia falcata, started to be called ‘F\u016bki-ran’, which means the orchid of the rich and noble people. Many years ago, only the rich and royalty could own F\u016bkiran, and they searched the country far and wide for rare and unusual varieties. These plants were often covered by a gold or silver net in order to protect them, and people had to cover their mouths with Kaishi (a thin paper usually used for calligraphy) in order not to breathe on the plants while they appreciated them. This, by the way, is the same way the Japanese appreciate a great sword.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Although prices have come down over the centuries, some varieties can still be pricey<\/a>:<\/p>\n

In Japan at auction in 2005, bidders paid from $20,000 to $70,000 for rare varieties of fuukiran which seems a bargain compared to the $300,000 or higher often paid during the 1980\u2019s to late 1990\u2019s.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

According to the dealer and most online<\/a> sources<\/a>, Neofinetia is fairly easy to grow, as orchids go. It blooms in summer.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I foolishly attended the orchid show last weekend with my checkbook on hand, with the result that I now have half a shelf of mostly “easy” orchids under lights in the kitchen. Most were in flower when I bought them, and you can see them here. However, the one that is not blooming has perhaps … Continue reading “Rich and noble”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,692,34],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-39430","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-anime","category-botany","category-whatever"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4xam3-afY","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39430","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=39430"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"http:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39430\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":40068,"href":"http:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39430\/revisions\/40068"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=39430"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=39430"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=39430"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}