The only purpose I've heard misting actually being beneficial for is lowering the leaf temperature via evaporative cooling when you are trying to get a plant to spike and need significant temperature differentials. Having said that, I've never actually tried it. In general, I try to keep water away from the leaves as much as possible, as occasionally I've had some water accidentally get in the crown and cause crown rot. Some of those high-volume sprayers can really put out quite a lot, and it goes everywhere. And misting with one of those travel spray bottles for hair spray is just a joke, unless you want to develop "mister's finger" and lose the use of your good hand after a month....


Anyway, I've never seen misting do anything beneficial. For a while I was trying to mist the top layer of my orchids' potting mix daily for the sake of raising humidity around each plant (hence the water going everywhere and the "mister's finger") and it never made any difference anyway. Not to mention the fact that it took me a couple of HOURS each day to get to each plant. No benefit at all.

So I would say you might as well skip it, unless you are really trying to get a plant to experience a rapid "cool-down" for the purpose of getting it to spike, but even then, the evidence is anecdotal at best as to whether it's beneficial.

But hey, if you try some new misting technique and it's AMAZING, please share!!