Free new Oncidium growth from leaf?

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Originally Posted by BobcatJohnson

More than one you-tuber makes this recommendation. The advice being to cut old dried up leaves that are too hard for new roots to push through.

People don’t seem to understand that there is no “motion” as a root grows. They seem to think that they grow similarly to the way toothpaste is squeezed out of a tube, while in fact, cells are added at the tip. When there is an obstacle, the cells are just added in a different direction to get around it.