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Old 10-07-2024, 12:14 AM
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This Lc Green Veil recently finished flowering, curious your thoughts on need for a repot.


For folks growing sympodial orchids, do you remove all media (like w/ a phal) or just kinda cut the pot and remove what's easy and acknowledge that there's some old media/bits of pot left over. I repotted a couple catt types a year ago - prob prematurely - but I did it very thoroughly and the plants just looked pukey for a year, and just recently started growing. I'd like to avoid that this go-round!
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Old 10-07-2024, 12:35 AM
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First, wait for new roots to appear. They will be the ones to adapt to the new medium. So no rush! It may be a few months before those new roots start... and note that I said "roots" not "growth". Sometimes new growth and new roots go together, sometimes not. It's all about roots. Repot when the root tips just start to peek out - a couple of millimeters, or even catch it when it's just little bumps. Those new roots are fragile, you need to avoid any damage to them. But if you catch just as the rooting begins, if one or two get damaged, there will be more right away.

When you do repot, if it were my plant I'd cut the pot, remove the old medium and pot bits that come off easily and leave the rest. It looks like this was potted in sphagnum... for Catts I would lean toward medium bark for a plant of this size, in a pot that will give it room for 2-3 years' growth.

I don't try to remove all the old medium from any orchid that I'm repotting. Preserving roots is soooo important. Rigorous cleaning is going to damage roots. Don't worry about the old bits, just rinse well to remove potential rot, etc. but then just pot it up.
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And by "new roots" you mean something like this? (This is a Binosa key lime I also feel confident needs a repot).
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It does look ready! Go for it!. Be sure that the plant is held firmly in place. (If it wobbles, root tips get bruised) But when you pack the medium around it, avoid pressing where those new roots are coming out, to avoid injuring them.

It looks like a clay pot... just give it a good whack or two with a hammer or mallet, give a shake to get rid of the shards, and put it in its new home.
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Thanks for this advice! Finally got to this project - the binosa was easy, but the Lc was in spaghum so it was more of a PITA.
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