Sushi Roll Repotting
That's the best name I could come up with. I'm sure many have come up with the same or similar methods, but I independently came up with this for one of my Cymbidiums.
It was a large plant, but dying in the center and it seemed like rot was spreading to healthy pseudobulbs, so I decided major surgery was necessary.
I basically cut the plant almost in half then cut out all the bad pseudobulbs and their rotting roots, then washed off all the old potting material from the roots.
So then I basically rolled it back up like a sushi roll and repotted the healthy portion. One thing did go wrong and a pseudobulb became totally disconnected so I guess it's not officially one plant anymore, but it's a NOID so it doesn't matter.
I fertilized it with kelp and grow fertilizer and a dash of liquid karma then let it sit for a while then washed some Listerine over the cut parts.
It looks really good now, but I'll keep you posted.
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