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Old 06-07-2015, 12:56 PM
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Hi guys! I picked up my first ever Neofinetia falcata a couple weeks ago and it was doing really well. Unfortunately i've been sick so I was unable to smell its flowers, now i'm just getting better and was sad to discover all the blooms had stopped smelling and by this morning were brown and simply snapped off from the stem when I so much as touched the flowers

I'm new to N. falcata so I was just hoping someone could tell me what caused this to occur. It had 4 big beautiful flowers but none now. It's foliage is a good medium green and the leaves are firm and overall the plant looks like it is in really good health.

I don't have it in a traditional pot yet, it is in a mini clear plastic orchid pot with a large hole drilled into the base because I was told to touch the moss from the bottom hole and if it felt almost dry I was to water to plant. I think there is a possibility I let it dry out a bit too much before watering and perhaps that is why it aborted it's blooms?

Any thoughts would be great, I just want to make sure I know what I did wrong so I don't kill the entire plant.

Planted in: sphagnum moss
Pot: clear plastic orchid pot with finger sized hole drilled in base
Temp: 21°C
Water: Distilled with 1/4 strength liquid fertilizer (all purpose 10-15-10 from Mircale Gro that I use on everyone)
Light: Indirect sunlight from an East Facing window.
Humidity: It's very dry here, I will be putting it on a humidity try soon if people think it needs higher humidity.

I have included a photo I took on the day I bought it, it no longer has the blooms (I didn't cut back the spike, should I?) but the foliage looks exactly the same.
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Old 06-07-2015, 01:17 PM
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orchids lose their blooms naturally, and especially after theyve been transported. nothing to worry about

mine lost its blooms around a week ago so i think yours was in flower for longer! also you dont need a traditional pot to grow these plants, normal orchid culture is fine!

everything else your doing sounds fine although the extra humidity certainly wouldnt hurt. I think that repotting in a bark mix might make it easier to water as well if you want to.
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Old 06-07-2015, 07:38 PM
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Unfortunately, Neo blooms aren't as long lived as many other orchids. Seems I get about 2-3 weeks. The good news is that bigger plants may get multiple spikes, and the flowers likely won't all open at the same time, so you get flowers for a bit longer
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Old 06-12-2015, 07:07 AM
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As others have said, you are growing this plant like I grow my Neofinetia. I grow mine indoors in a western window. My environment is very dry, so keeping it growing in sphagnum moss will be easier to keep your plant hydrated. Changing to bark is okay but you will have to water more often. Doing the finger check is also a good idea. Neofinetia like to dry out completely so when you feel it completely dry, wait a day and then water it--early in the day.

Flowers are not long lived, as Sonya advised but when you get a mature Neofinetia with multiple fans--you get multiple flower spikes and that makes it seem Neofinetia have a longer bloom cycle. Once a spike finishes blooming, you can cut it off, or it will shrivel to brown and then you can cut it off.
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