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Originally Posted by reliablefool
Looks beautifully grown. I haven't had any luck getting my neos to bloom, but that's not going to stop me from buying more in the near future and this or shutennou will definitely get added to the list.
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The flowering habit can be plant specific and variety specific.
Many ( including the most common cheap white ones) won't bloom until the clump up a bit.
Shutennou tends to flower early one as evidenced here on my plant that has Shutennou genes in it.
Even after flowering for the first time, certain variety won't bloom every year, although many do bloom every summer like they should.
How big and what variety is yours?
Do you grow other plants, orchids? If you provide general good care, then they will bloom for you when they are ready.
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Originally Posted by Jackie26085
I want to ask everyone who's able to get their neo to bloom, how do you do it? Mine has a spike nubbin that has been stuck for months and at the meantime it has put out two basal growths.
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I ask you the same question, how big & what variety is your neo??
What growing conditions are you giving it?
Has it flowered before?
What is your growing set up? Mounted on the moss or regular potting? How do you water?
What kind of light is it getting?
Without enough light, they will never flower. This goes same for any flowering plant pretty much.
The way you describe it, it's either lack of water when they need it or arrested growth for some reason. For the latter, there's nothing you can do.
Neos need copious amount of watering like many other orchids do while they are in active growth.
They come from temperate zone with very hot and rainy summer and cold but not freezing winter.
When you see your neo growing anything, roots, leaves, spikes, you have to water like crazy or the growth won't be good.
Of course, you have to have great drainage, too.
Good luck!
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