Modest neofinetia collection

[Wjs2nd]

Very unique growing technic! Everything looks to be doing very well. Any certain reason you grow this way? How often do you need to water?

[smweaver]

Originally Posted by Wjs2nd

Very unique growing technic! Everything looks to be doing very well. Any certain reason you grow this way? How often do you need to water?

I'm just not a fan of NZ sphagnum. I've tried it on its own in the past, but I think it stays too wet for too long (at least under my growing conditions). Now, since I only use a single layer of it in the clay pots, the moss dries out over the course of the day, which means that I have to water every day during the growing season--but that's okay since I only have a small collection of neofinetias and I like the level of control it gives me. The other reason is that I don't like the look of such small plants perched on top of a mountain of sphagnum; to me it just looks a little comical (but this is an opinion and I'm certainly not trying to be hypercritical of the "classic" method of potting plants of this species).

[Neodex]

Nice collection. I also like bean leaf types and have a few including Senzai which has never bloomed for me. I hear that quite a few bean leaf types are reluctant bloomers, another non-bloomer for me is Ryokuhou ... grows well with very regular symmetrical growths but no flowers. Ootakamaru on the other hand is a very good bloomer.

As for the sphag mounds, I think I know what you mean especially when the mound is taller than the pot, which I do quite a bit in order to more easily fit the roots. However, on the whole I like this method aesthetically and it also gives me more control.

Thanks for posting.