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[Call_Me_Bob]

Originally Posted by Mira-Claude

I do resent being called stupid, thank you very much, but I decided a long time ago to stop posting here and end the fight. If you haven't already noticed.
I was never insulting. I was just trying to understand. I might be a bit melodramatic as is my personality. I am born that way, deal with it or ignore it.
And after much research, much more than is worth posting here I have found a few things;
1) Many orchids will not forgive such massive root damage and therefore one has to be careful when and where to cut. Research of the parentage or the specie should be done before hand.
2) The utmost reason to cut roots, healthy ones, should be the fear of damaging said roots when repoting. Because even more dangerous than root loss in a fungal or bacterial infection.
3) Cutting roots of any healthy plants as the side effect of keeping said plant small or smaller than it would be otherwise.
4) When cutting to many roots it takes even longer for the plant to root bound to it's pot, making the growth following slower. Therefore, once again, one should be careful not to remove to many.
5) Massive trauma can force an orchid to flower for survival reason. Flower, henceforth, are not a good indicator of the plant's strength. It can be quite deceiving.
6) Whenever a vandaceous is losing leaves at a fast pace, there is a problem, most of the time starting at the roots.
7) For those who don't know it intestines works just as roots does; they absorb water and nutrients. Maybe roots grow back and it was melodramatic, but the comparison still stands.
Thank you for reading.
Sorry for those I offended. This was my last post here.
Have a nice day everyone, and may your orchids thrive!

bacterial infection can occur if you cut roots and fail to seal them or use cinnamon as well. just another point to keep in mind :P

[Wynn Dee13]

Originally Posted by Mira-Claude

I do resent being called stupid, thank you very much, but I decided a long time ago to stop posting here and end the fight. If you haven't already noticed.
I was never insulting. I was just trying to understand. I might be a bit melodramatic as is my personality. I am born that way, deal with it or ignore it.
And after much research, much more than is worth posting here I have found a few things;
1) Many orchids will not forgive such massive root damage and therefore one has to be careful when and where to cut. Research of the parentage or the specie should be done before hand.
2) The utmost reason to cut roots, healthy ones, should be the fear of damaging said roots when repoting. Because even more dangerous than root loss in a fungal or bacterial infection.
3) Cutting roots of any healthy plants as the side effect of keeping said plant small or smaller than it would be otherwise.
4) When cutting to many roots it takes even longer for the plant to root bound to it's pot, making the growth following slower. Therefore, once again, one should be careful not to remove to many.
5) Massive trauma can force an orchid to flower for survival reason. Flower, henceforth, are not a good indicator of the plant's strength. It can be quite deceiving.
6) Whenever a vandaceous is losing leaves at a fast pace, there is a problem, most of the time starting at the roots.
7) For those who don't know it intestines works just as roots does; they absorb water and nutrients. Maybe roots grow back and it was melodramatic, but the comparison still stands.
Thank you for reading.
Sorry for those I offended. This was my last post here.
Have a nice day everyone, and may your orchids thrive!

First off I didn't call you stupid, I called your statement stupid. Like you said it was very dramatic. Anyway I also apologized to everyone already.