I am sad to report these plants are all but gone from this location now. The problem is not urbanization, but the over population of deer. Many say that C. goeringii from Japan are not fragrant, but that has not been my experience. Hopefully this species will be able to rebound in the future. Locally these are dark days for most orchid species in my area.

@@botanyboy1 so sorry to hear that…is there a plan to control the deer population?

@@sunshine467sun Not locally, or at least I've not seen or heard any evidence of it. In some parts of Japan populations are being culled. Maybe they will be here too at some point.

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Yes, the yellow tips eventually turn brown. This is completely normal since the yellowing of the tips is due to weak tissue that goes through a slow "death process", thus giving the yellow color. Lots of folks hate this look, but in my opinion if they are grown well, they can be very lovely. I simply cut the previous year's fronds off once the new flush comes. The weak tissue is a genetic condition in this form, not because of poor culture.

I'm fine and still living in Japan. I am just not in the position to make videos at this point. I may continue in the future, but not at the level I was producing before. Thanks for your concern!

Definitely. There are cold flowering forms ("Kanbotan"), but these are greenhouse grown plants that remarkably withstand the fairly cold winter temperatures of southern Japan just long enough to put on a lovely display. Sometimes they even endure light snowfalls, hence the straw structures around them.

Maxillaria parviflora. Unfortunately it is not quite hardy here. It sailed through the winter in this video, but next year it was nearly killed by a cold event. I managed to salvage the plant and it flowered again this year. This past winter was even worse. I lost my tree ferns. It is just a little too cold here for many things.

@@botanyboy1 ah, I heard there was cold snap in Japan. So cold that many fish died which supposed to live in south. Those Neo survived last year? Or did you take then in?

@@orchidsbythelake There were only 2 days that caused the damage, 1/25 and 1/26, if memory serves. Temperatures dropped rapidly to around 25 F, possibly lower, over the first afternoon and stayed below freezing for nearly two days. Lots of damage to any tender plants, but not all remarkably. All native species were completely unaffected, including the neos, epiphytic ferns, etc. My staghorn collection also got nailed, but none outright died. One native that didn't make it was Cyathea spinulosa, but is not native to this area, and I've found it more cold sensitive than even the Australian C. cooperi.

​@@botanyboy1 does the fuuran can survive in cold winter,

Not truly cold winters. They can survive freezing temperatures to at least -5 Celsius, but not everyday.