What should the sphangum moss feel like before watering?

[UsagiGreenPaw]

A slow grower?
Orchids, are turning out to be such a good lesson on patience for me.

I dont have incredibly high humidity. It's currently around 48-52%. I can get it up to 60% easily.
I will try spraying the moss to wet but not sopping when the moss gets just dry but before it's crunchy and dusty dry. I think that would lead to the innermost part getting rewatered just before it dries out

Thank you both for the words of encouragement and bit of insight. I dont feel confident in caring for this one at all, so, here's to hoping I'll get flowers in the next couple of years!

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Originally Posted by DeaC

I also have this plant. Purchased it from Marni Turkel,a grower in California,who spoke at our mtg about 2 yrs ago. It's in a 1" plastic pot with small bark and probably a bit of perlite. I've not touched it since.It sits at edge of growlights near a humidifier in winter and stays about 66 deg. A VERY slow grower for me but a new leaf and root has developed. She had a pix of one displaying pale blue flowers and it was a new genera for me so we'll see. Good luck with yours and post fotos of these great blooms.

Oh, I forgot to ask. Yours is sitting on the edge of growlights? Have you tried putting it closer to the middle for more direct light? Just curious what happened if you have.