mini masdellia repotting

[VickiC]

Hi everyone!
I have a miniature Masdevallia in my Exo Terra tank that seems to be doing good (many tiny "crawling" roots over the medium and over the pot edge). Although there is no problem with it, I'm thinking about repotting it tomorrow because it has very slowing been leaning in it's pot and is now taking up more room in my tank than necessary (geez, I could get at least one more mini orchid in there [maybe 2 ?] if it were straighter in it's pot ) When I rec'd it from Andy's Orchids a few months ago, I repotted it in 100% sphag, as it was at the time I got it. I hate to disturb it, but if you think repotting it will be ok, have you found that there is a medium that seems to work better than all sphag for mini masdies? I would appreciate advice from you.
Vicki

[VickiC]

As it seems I often do, I made a mistake in my post. I mis-spelled Masdevallia. No big deal.....just thought I'd clear that up.
Vicki

Originally Posted by VickiC

Hi everyone!
I have a miniature Masdevilla in my Exo Terra tank that seems to be doing good (many tiny "crawling" roots over the medium and over the pot edge). Although there is no problem with it, I'm thinking about repotting it tomorrow because it has very slowing been leaning in it's pot and is now taking up more room in my tank than necessary (geez, I could get at least one more mini orchid in there [maybe 2 ?] if it were straighter in it's pot ) When I rec'd it from Andy's Orchids a few months ago, I repotted it in 100% sphag, as it was at the time I got it. I hate to disturb it, but if you think repotting it will be ok, have you found that there is a medium that seems to work better than all sphag for mini masdies? I would appreciate advice from you.
Vicki

[lemonchan]

you could probably leave the baby alone for a while.... until it reallllyyy has no more space...