Got this Neostylis Lou Sneary "Blue Bird" in the Spring of 2013 from a local vendor, and it has bloomed for me once before during the early Winter of 2013. Since then, it has been torturing me by sending up one spike after another, and then aborting them. One spike grew to an inch in size, making me think I was finally going to get some flowers; but it stopped growing, dried up and died.
So after some research and questions here on OB, I changed my care of this plant by removing 80% of the bark media in the pot and watering it every single morning. It's in a warm terrarium (max temp 84F, min temp 72F) under a MH light with good air flow and slight ventilation, and dries out by the next morning even though the humidity in there is about 75%. After about three months, the plant definitely looks happier and finally grew a spike and gave me some flowers.
The flowers this time are different than the last blooms in the Winter of 2013. This batch has a lot more blue than the last time. And this time, they are fragrant all day, strongest right after the lights turn off. During the previous bloom, it was only fragrant around mid-morning, and not as strong as now. I can smell these flowers from a yard away. This plant has kept me on my toes as I've struggled to figure out how to give it what it needs over the years. Just when I thought I had it figure out, a half dozen dying spikes made me think about changes to the culture again.
Neostylis Lou Sneary "Blue Bird", Bluer Flowers in 2nd Blooming
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