Do both my bareroot Neofinetias look okay?

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Originally Posted by estación seca

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Neos don't like being cold and wet. What are your growing conditions? Did they arrive bare root? Semi-hydroponics leads to evaporative cooling of the medium. If growing conditions are already on the cool side this may not be the best approach for plants that don't like being cool and wet, like Phalaenopsis and Neofinetia.

I agree wholeheartedly. In my cool PA conditions, semi-hydro is the kiss of death to Phalaenopsis, and the one time I tried it with Neofinetia the plant definitely declined. After I moved it back into moss, it recovered nicely.