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Originally Posted by AnonYMouse
I didn't say thriving. Sure, some are but some are slow and others won't bloom (the hybrids).
Getting the culture right for the tora (something nishiki) has been tricky. I burned off a young fan while trying find the right light. I suspected toras were more difficult than stripes and solids due to their random spotting (not sure if that makes sense to the rest of you), hence the fact that this one is the first tora and last Neo before imposing my Neo moratorium.
I have one true bean leaf and it stalled for about two years. It's moving along now but slow compared to other cultivars. Or seems slow because of it's size.
As for whatever happened to your crown, you probably had a couple of things going on. Misting isn't necessary but on warm or windy days, should be OK. But if you do have something going on, you want dry surfaces, minimize variables.
I have had one neo (and a couple other stuff) go really fast from a suspected bacterial rot so keep an eye on all your plants. In fact, it might have contributed to the bean leaf's stall (I got desperate and sprinkled leftover human prescription antibiotic on it-which I cannot condone, because you need to finish your course of antibiotics yada yada yada).
I just wanted to say benign neglect (the dust treatment) is an under-rated cultural practice.
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If you do use hydrogen peroxide (H 2O 2), make sure it dries. One byproduct of the reaction is oxygen but the other is water, from a solution that is 97% water (drugstore strength). |
I understand totally about finding the right light for a specific neo. It's a guessing game whether one likes bright, medium or low light, and you have to figure it out. Toras are off my wish list now. Have a few Tiger Stripes, but no tora in their name.
Did you know my bean Senzai is taking great pride in just sitting there?
Know about moratoriums. Me and dens don't get along. When I ignore it, it grows like crazy. If I look at it, it shrivels. Go figure...
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misting thing, from what you said, the puzzle pieces fell into place. My plants are grown indoors, the humidity year round in the house is 50%. (You go outside in the summer and the air hugs you.) No need to mist anything but the vanda roots. Learning so much here.
Oh geeze, hope I caught Seikai in time. At this point, she has been unpotted looking for critters or their poop, none found. All plants in the house and the humidity trays have been sprayed, per label instructions, with diluted RO/ Physan20. I've been a bad girl and took all my antibiotics so don't have any to save my chids. Don't hold that against me please...
Interesting about using peroxide. While doing micro-surgery on Seikai, instead of spraying her, I took a cue-tip and dropped peroxide into the crown hole. It was absorbed quickly. No foaming happened. Think Seikai was drinking the water?
Going to keep her leaves dry from now on and hope the crown hole heals up.
Benign neglect is working for my den, think some orchids love it!
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