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Originally Posted by dougbraz
Love your flowers. I am trying ONE to see how it goes. It is in sphagnum in a pot, on some pebbles kept moist for humidity and inside a small (betta fish) aquarium to increase the moisture and hopefully the temperature - winter here in Brazil.
Im am sooo tempted to try the sphagnum ball potting as per your pix, but am wary of killing the plant or something.
Supposedly, n falcata are relatively easy to keep, right? I was told just keep moist and with good humidity. Is the "traditional" way of potting relatively easy and stress free (for me - not the plant...)??
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I was taught to grow them in the moss mound from the beginning. So far they are my lowest maintainence orchids. Once you get the mounding process down and you only have a few neos in your collection, I think most varieties are fairly stress free. It usually takes me an hour to mound 7 to 8 of them.
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Originally Posted by raindance168
Anyone have tips on watering schedule and feeding? I seem to have trouble figuring out how much to water without making the roots rot and not lose new growths. As a result of haphazard watering, none of my plants have bloomed in 2+ years I've started growing neos. I did some reading earlier today and discovered that I probably neglected them a tiny bit too much the first winter I had them, didn't water enough during the following summer, watered them too much this past winter, and neglected them too long earlier this summer. Luckily I haven't lost any plants this summer, but I'm keeping an eye on them right now. I did lose a few this past winter, probably from over-watering.
Also, what do you guys do with your neos when you're away from home? Sometimes I need to leave them at school when I go home for the weekend. The longest I'm usually away from them is a week.
Any tips from people using s/h would be interesting, too.
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I've never grown these in S/H so they have only been in moss. My watering frequency depends on the temps. If temps are higher (90's F or more) I don't wait till the moss dries. Feeding is about once or twice a month during the growing season with Biogold or HB-101.
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Originally Posted by richardblair
Wow Tracy, those neos are beautiful. the kansetsu is breathtaking with the variegation and the magenta spike. It's been awhile since I've been on. My collection has grown. Not only with neo hybrids but now more so with species. Do u grow hokage or kouen? I've recently upped the light and they are now producing a color change. How strong of a light do u give yours? Best, richard
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Hi Richard, nice to see you here again. I have Kouen. With good light, Kouen can develop some red variegatin in addition to the tiger stripe. This is the first year I had mine in a greenhouse during the Summer. They are under 70% aluminet shade cloth.
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