Getting Neomoorea to flower

[Lars Kurth]

Hi everybody,

I bought a large Neomoorea irrorata last year. I would have expected that by now, the plant would have set flower buds. It is getting two new shoots, but no flower buds.

Not much information around on cultivation. I grow it in intermediate-warm conditions and dappled sunlight for a few hours a day, although it doesn't get any direct sun in winter. Moist in summer and drier and cooler in winter. It grows well, but alas no flowers yet.

I was wondering whether anybody has any tips. All I could find is that it is difficult to bloom and that it likes less light and moisture in winter. Temperature wise the advise is cool to warm, which is also not very useful. Also found "the plant grows warm with medium light, regular water and fertilizer in the summer and a brief, cooler, dry and shady period in the winter", which is what I do.

Lars