Advice for Neo in moss mound?

[alecStewart1]

Originally Posted by Roberta

The big thing to remember when doing a moss mound is the little "pocket' in the middle. Some people do the mounding on a bottle to make that air-space hole (narrow neck of the bottle is just the right size), others may use a tiny pot to wrap the moss around and then take it out. It's something that you don't see from the outside, but it's absolutely vital to get air into the middle of the mound (Note that the Neo pots, both cheap plastic ones and fancy display ones, have a hole in the bottom to line up with that air pocket.)

Thirding what Roberta said.

You can also do the "free-hand technique" where you make a small ball of moss and tuck it under the base of the plant, and then wrap moss around the plant.

Jason Fischer at Orchids Limited has a video on YouTube going over this and the water bottle technique.

https://youtu.be/F8l4U1i-l4c?si=LPhg0cT6FMZdsuEz

I did it free-hand for one of my plants that came in bare root and it wasn't too hard, just make sure the ball you make is nice and compact and not too big. The plant just needs it to "sit" on.