Japanese name: フウラン（風蘭） Scientific name:Neofinetia falcata
[Overview]
An evergreen perennial that grows attached to trees or rocks.
Thick white roots grow long.
The stem is short, branches freely at the base, and is covered with leaf sheaths.
The leaves are simple and alternate in two rows; they are strap-shaped, about 5–10 cm long and 0.7–0.8 cm wide, folded in two in a V shape, hard in texture, and curved.
A raceme bears 3–10 flowers.
The flowers are white and fragrant.
The sepals and lateral petals are linear-lanceolate.
The lip is 3-lobed.
There is a slender spur 4–5 cm long, which hangs down while curving forward.
[Cultivation]
Propagate by division.
It prefers a warm climate and needs at least -4°C to overwinter.
Grow it in airy partial shade, in a place not exposed to the north wind in winter.
Plant it in sphagnum moss or bark, or attach it to a tree fern board or a tree.
From spring to autumn, water after the surface of the planting medium has dried; plants attached to a tree fern board or a tree are watered every day.
In winter, overwinter it by moistening it with a mist sprayer once every 1–2 weeks.
For fertilizer, it is enough to give diluted liquid fertilizer once when the new shoots are growing and once in autumn.
There are no particular pests or diseases.
