My first Neo spikes ever!

[Jayfar]

Originally Posted by NYCorchidman

How moist do you keep the moss for your plants??

I wait till the pots are almost weightless before watering, which may be 2 or 3 times a week, depending on the humidty. I do also mist just the exposed roots lightly if the surface of the moss is dry. The table that they normally sit near the edge of is right beside my humidifier, so there's good air circulation from that blowing up past them.

[LinhT]

Cool, way to go and nice plants.

That smaller growth on Suruga fukurin looks like it may be mutating into some kind of shima type. Suruga sometimes morphs into Shinshinden but in this plant, that 2nd growth does not look like Shinshinden. Whatever it is, it may increase the value of the plant overall, I'm guessing. Enjoy them!

[Jayfar]

Originally Posted by LinhT

Cool, way to go and nice plants.

That smaller growth on Suruga fukurin looks like it may be mutating into some kind of shima type. Suruga sometimes morphs into Shinshinden but in this plant, that 2nd growth does not look like Shinshinden. Whatever it is, it may increase the value of the plant overall, I'm guessing. Enjoy them!

Thanks, very interesting about the Suruga fukurin. The smaller growth is much different in its variegation than the main growth for sure. Here's a view from above, a picture I took when I bought it in April (the plant in the center):


Neofinetia group from above by Jayfar, on Flickr

[NYCorchidman]

Originally Posted by Jayfar

I wait till the pots are almost weightless before watering, which may be 2 or 3 times a week, depending on the humidty. I do also mist just the exposed roots lightly if the surface of the moss is dry. The table that they normally sit near the edge of is right beside my humidifier, so there's good air circulation from that blowing up past them.

Thank you!