Neofinetia falcata "Kibana"

[FranningtonBear]

Wise people of OB... I don't have any Neo's yet but I have rather fallen for this Neo. falcata "Kibana". Neofinetia falcata ‘Kibana’ | Elite Orchids

Does anyone have this in their collections who could give advise on care or it's suitability for my conditions.
I grow primarily in bark medium, on either east or west facing windowsills in the UK. I also have supplemental LED grow lights in my "orchid room" - the rest of the population would call it a spare bedroom but...

[jcec1]

I grow mine bare root, in little candle jars. Water twice a week in summer, once a week in winter, in South facing windows. Normal room temperatures, about 16C in winter mid 20s in summer.

[Jmoney]

super easy to grow. bark, moss, or no mix (I grow my neos mounded in the traditional style).

Kibana gets its yellow from ascocentrum (yes I know they are all considered vandas now) genes in the background.

If you were in the US I'd send you a piece...

[Blueszz]

I don't have this specific Neo, but have 2 others. I grew them in bark the first year, until one of them consistently grew all roots outside the pot. Non of them wanted to dive into the bark.

Someone on OB gave me the advise to grow it 'pot in pot' and that did the trick.

However, I have them 1.5 years now and despite it are established plants, they didn't flower for me. I had them outdoors during summer and previous year had them outdoors until temperatures went down to 10C.
This year I brought them in much earlier.

Thus, I have problems getting them to bloom.

A fellow member of OB, living in Germany, same latitude as I am growing the plants, managed to flower them. So must be possible for me, and for you too.

I uploaded some pictures from the 'pot in pot' method, if you might find them here on OB. If not I'll make new pictures to clarify what it looks like.