This thing has been a PITA since i bought it. Almost ready to throw in the towel.

[bil]

Originally Posted by Orchid Whisperer

The new growth (in first pic, in front of your thumbnail) will likely make roots. But, in my experience, if the humidity is high and there is water at or near the roots, you are likely to only get short stubby roots.

To get longer and better roots, I would get rid of the sphagnum and pot it in coarse medium (coarse bark, cork chunks, lava rock, etc.). Water once a week only, don't mist the roots. You want the plant to send out long roots in search of water. My experience is that any Catt alliance plant that I have ever had prefers to dry completely before you water it again. I would suggest a change to a clay pot too.

I would also agree with skipping the superthrive etc. This will not force a plant to make roots that is not ready to do so.

That's more or less what I did. Some of mine had useless roots. I potted with a layer of bark lumps, then a thin layer of moss and then another bark. The plant was put on a small lump of moss, and then the pot filled with bark, with a small twist of moss around the base of the plant over the roots.

I watered only when they dried out, and they all did very well.