Mystacidium gracile

First blooming for me, after a cooler winter! A mere shadow of the amazing bloomings I've seen on here, but I still love it!

 

Kelly I would say intermediate-warm. This winter I really tried hard to cool things off...but couldn't really manage temps lower than ~66F. Might have gotten better with a tad cooler, with warmer days...at least that's what I've heard!

gnathaniel - it gets little tiny leaves sometimes..sometimes they get to about 1cm long, but then they fall off. I just noticed after looking at the picture that mine look kind of crappy...

 

The original plant from 5 years ago died after a spider mite infestation. Looking back on the photo of the leaf, I can see the mite damage. I got a replacement from Lourens Grobler at Redlands last year, and it must have been getting ready for a winter bloom in the southern hemisphere, because it popped out a spike. Now, it has bloomed again in the proper season in the N. hemisphere. I'm anxious because my conditions are limited in how cool I can keep them. I hope I can keep this gem alive until I eventually get a cool growing space.

Marni - I know you were querying about winter dry rest. Did you end up finding an optimum culture for this species?