Or for those who have problem cats. Oops....that's supposed to read catts as in cattleyas. I have a catt that grows out in all directions. That's the way it came to me and I took two years to get some roots on it. But it still grew in all directions so it's time to repot it. When I took it out of the pot I noticed it was planted vertically with three of the pbulbs planted much deeper than the others. It needed a smaller pot but that would have been an issue too as then I would have had to cut it into two smaller pieces. So here is what I did. I cleaned it up, using tweezers to get all of the old sheath material off it,take out all the old bark, and cut off all of the soft old roots that weren't contributing to the orchid. And to solve the vertical issue I planted it horizontally. As I cleaned it I found that each pbulb had at least one but mostly two potential buds hiding at the base of each one. There are two well developed buds growing now and seven potential buds that if I can get them to all grow will make this a very nice bloomer in two years or so. Here are the pics of what I did. I hope this will help some of you. Also in the pic of the pot you might notice that I put in the bottom both broken clay pottery shards and Styrofoam to make the pot shallower. If you put nothing but media in it the bottom portion will stay wet and most likely rot the roots. So put in something inorganic that will take up room in the bottom of the pot. Ok I think I'm finished.
Again.....for the newbies here
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