My first Japanese orchid

[Kon]

Hello everyone

I'm excited because I got my first Japanese ( Neost. Lou Sneary) orchid from Al's green house in VA.
I put it on a tree root with some moss. I put it next to my phals for now. I hope light is enough.
Any tips in growing it successful is greatly appreciated

Also, any tips on how I can prevent picture turning appreciated.

[Yazz]

Welcome to the world of neofinetias.

They're tough little guys and I've seen beautiful neos mounted on wood. Hope someone can jump in and give some tips for you.

[WhiteRabbit]

Cute! This is a great hybrid!

These can take more light than Phals - tho if your Phals are growing at the higher end of their light tolerance, it could be fine. I have grown my Lou Snearys in west facing windows that get some direct mid-late afternoon sun, along with Phals. But the Neostylises can take even more sun, but mine bloom fine in that situation. I water mine when the media is approaching dry or dry.

[Kon]

Hello everyone. I hope all is well with everyone.

It's been some weeks and I have more questions on neost. Lou sneary. I purchased two more little ones to grow recently. I'm keeping them in their little container that they were growing. To give it humidity I put them in pot with water and clay pellets. They are sitting above water level. Im hoping that humidity is similar to green house where they come from.

I notice some leaves turning reddish and red spots appearing on them. It is normal thing?
Also, do Lou Sneary go dormant during winter? Because, it roots seem to grow so slowly compare to phal growing next to it.

I spray them with rain water when I have it. When I'm out of rain water I use tap water. It gets completely dry before night and stays dry until morning.

[Kon]

Left out one picture. This is the one that I mounted a while back.

[DeaC]

Hey there!I'm kinda new to neos also and have 3 from Japanese Orchids are our specialty - New World Orchids.Kristen came to our society mtg. and I've spoken with her at shows.Check out the website as she has culture info. to read.One thing she was adament about was letting them dry out between waterings.I also keep mine under growlights and seems they can do well with temps ~60 deg. at night from Nov-March and ~77-82 day. Sev.of the OB members here are much more experienced than I so more great info will appear!

[Becky15349]

I just recently attended a talk on neos, and believe it or not, the lady mentioned that medium-low light is best for neos. Also, specifically *NOT* to overwater them. Only water when the sphagnum moss is crunchy. If you would like more information, she is the owner of New World Orchids, Object moved

[Kon]

Thank you OB members for helpful informations.
I noticed red spots on some orchid pictures from new world orchids. I'm guessing my orchids okay

[NYCorchidman]

Congrats on your plants!
They are hybrids, so not exactly Japanese orchids, but very cute! I like your set up in the very first photo. Did you take them off the mount?

Regarding the spots, those are very much natural coming from rhyncostylis parent.
You don't really have to worry too much about humidity or keeping the plants dry by the night.
As long as you do not keep them potting mix soak wet all the time, they will be fine.

They do take quite a bit of light, and this will give you the best flowering in general.

At first, I thought this was mislabeled because at least the mounted one looks pretty much like straight neo in plant appearance. Maybe it is because it is a very young plant still? Or perhaps it has an extra shot of neo but the tag does not say?
I do have a Neostylis Lou Sneary crossed back onto Neo and the plant is even smaller than a typical neo. The plants in the later pictures definitely look like neostylis.

Happy growing!

[Yazz]

I soak and let them dry out. In bark mix, use the skewer method.

The good thing about these little guys, there's always room for more.