Wtm. Hamyl’s glory divide/repot, best option?

[Yourneedfulthings]

My Wtm. Hamlyn’s glory needs repotting. It is climbing on itself with roots covering some leaves. Photos included.
Clay pot with Leca beads has done well. I am contemplating cutting a section or two and place them all in one larger pot or in woodbasket.
My question:does the remaining older plant base will regenerate and start growing new shoots or is pretty much done growing and I should concentrate on the new cuttings and discard old?

Since plant is a climber in shape and suggestions on how they do best long term. This one was repotted 2 yrs. ago.
If left as is? Any problem with that?

[bethmarie]

Bump

[Roberta]

Figured out the actual name, Wilmotteara [Wmt.] Hamlyn's Glory. Took a little poking around in Orchidwiz to find a part of the name that was correct. Really interesting cross of a big plant (Myrmecophila, Schomburgkia) and a little one (Cattlytonia)

Now it is easier to make suggestions...First, it looks like a really happy plant, in the Cattleya group. If you have room to leave it as is, it is doing great. The fact that it is growing so well outside of the pot is evidence that it really doesn't want to be in one. If you can easily remove the existing pot, you could just drop the whole thing into a big wooden basket. Or leave it in the existing pot, put the whole thing (pot and all ) into that wood basket. (Think of the wood as a three-dimensional mount, new roots will probably grab onto it) These love to dry out between waterings, which is what, no doubt, is happening. Big, strong plants make more flowers than small, weak ones. So if it were my plant, I'd let it grow and ramble. If you do need to divide it, make sure that you have at least 3 or 4 pseudobulbs per division (the more the better). It can create new growths from the old part (back division), sometimes. But really, if you can accommodate it, I see no reason to break it up, and good reasons to just let it be and put on a good show for you.

[Yourneedfulthings]

Thank you very much for your detail guideness. I will keep it in the pot and eventually place all in a woodbasket. To remove the pot I will have to break it and most likely disturbe the roots.
I appreciate your time and research.