Fred Clarke once told me to never re-pot or water a catasetinae until the roots on the new growth were AT LEAST 1' long.
Maybe I mis-heard him but that's the way I've done it for years and have had very good success. That being said, I just noticed a new growth on one of mine that is emerging half way up on last years massive pseudobulb. In the past they always started at the media line. This one might be a challenge to get re-potted.
Another trick Fred passed on was when you re-pot, add in 2-3 layers of slo-release fertilizer in the media. ie; put media in very botton of pot, add some fert, add some more media, add another layer of fert , fill with media and sprinkle more fert on top. They are super heavy feeders.
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Sorry.....that was supposed to say 1 inch long!
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