Lateral migration of orchid?

[manoj]

Hope you can guide a beginner on this .I plant my orchids right at the centre of the pot but after sometime new shoots start coming from the edge of the pot. What should I do about it?

[King_of_orchid_growing:)]

The plant is growing towards the light source.

Remove the orchid from the pot and position the back end of the orchid towards the edge of the pot. This way the new leads will have plenty of room to grow into the pot.

Don't rotate it. Position it back in the same orientation every time whenever you move the pot - new leads always pointing towards the light source.

[dounoharm]

ditto philip....dont plant in the center of the pot, plant with the oldest psuedobulbs on the edge of the pot with the new growth exposed to the greatest amount of media.....gl

[Angurek]

I agree with what's already been said; repot the plant with the oldest growths next to the rim of the pot.

It's perfectly natural for sympodial orchids to do this. Orchids with longer rhizomes race faster across the container than do those with short rhizomes. For this reason, orchids with long or creeping rhizomes tend to be grown mounted, since the mount can better accomodate the new growths.

I should also mention that there are sympodials that have different habits. I've seen some that have ascending rhizomes, where the new growths grow in a stacked manner. Likewise, there are sympodials that grow in many different directions and break new leads practically everywhere. I put sympodials with these growth patterns in the center of the new pot so that the new leads can grow wherever they wish.

[manoj]

Thanks everybody for helping me out. I have 4 more in similar condition.But all are spiking. Will replant after the flowers fall.