Pot Recommendations for Repotting Sharry Baby

[audreyhorne]

Hi! I have had a wonderful Sharry Baby for a few years now, and it has grown quite large. It just finished flowering, and since it is creeping over the edges of the pot, I am thinking it's time to repot. My only concern is that it is very wide, yet narrow. Bulb to bulb, it just fits in an 8 inch pot. I was thinking of going to a 10" a pot size, but I'm finding that it's very hard to find orchid pots with holes past 8". I would prefer to not separate and keep it as a large plant. Any recommendations?

I'm still new to caring for my oncidiums, so any help is greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance!

[SouthPark]

There are a variety of orchid pots we can buy from say ebay. In Australia, there are various kinds .... such as like the one shown attached.

[SouthPark]

Having a super size orchid pot is actually ok ---- provided we know what to do in terms of watering etc. Although, too large a pot can just mean wastage of potting media, and maybe wastage of water.

I actually do use over-size pots ..... for times when I just so-happen to run out of orchid pots. But most of my orchids are grown in regular black coloured plastic pots for garden plants with good drainage.

I grow my oncidiums in scoria ---- lava rock.

[Dollythehun]

Mine is in an 8" pot after having been split into fourths. Slots are not necessary, since they like to run damp. I use clay and moss.

[SouthPark]

Originally Posted by audreyhorne

My only concern is that it is very wide, yet narrow.

audrey ---- when you mention very wide, yet narrow ..... are both of those terms referring to the same dimension ---- such as horizontal width of the pot?

That is --- 'very wide, yet narrow' sort of cancels each other out.

[audreyhorne]

Thanks everyone for your suggestions! Apologies for the confusion. It is about 8" long and 4" wide, so rectangular in shape.

[Ray]

Have you considered a long, rectangular planter like those used for window boxes?

[estación seca]

Welcome to the Orchid Board!

There is probably a hydroponics shop near you that sells plant pots of many different sizes.

Home Depot sells a container 9" high and 10 1/4" wide:
3 Gal. Black Resin Thermoformed Nursery Pot.

You can use a grinding burr with an electric drill to make holes in plastic containers, and convert them into orchid pots. Don't breathe the fumes.

[WaterWitchin]

Originally Posted by Ray

Have you considered a long, rectangular planter like those used for window boxes?

I love those for the ones that like to ramble along the surface as well! I have two Blc's in a long window box, planted at each end, and am enjoying watching the race to the middle.

[Roberta]

I like bulb pans a lot. They are wide relative to height so that you don't increase the volume so much to gain real estate. I have not found a local source, buy them online. One source is Greenhousemegastore.com, they have 8 inch and 10 inch. Another advantage of these is that with the low form, the center of gravity is lowered which helps with top-heavy plants.