Time to Repot question for Cattleya
Blc. Jane Helton x Slc. Vallezac X Slc. Kauai Starbright "Walter". I purchased the above at Tower Hill Botanical Society in 2000. It is really quite lovely when I can get it to bloom. Pict attached. It bloomed regularly until about '09. Each year since then it sends up sheaths which are always empty of flowers. I changed the fertilizer to Better Gro urea free 20-14-13 last summer. This December it bloomed!! 3 flowers. Not a lot but better than ZERO! My next thought is the media it is in. It is dry bark like it has always been in and bloomed before. I purchased some new dry bark and it went in the pot last February when I transplanted it (after 5 years - too long, I know). Now it has only been one year since last report but I would like to get it out of there - this stuff takes forever to drain completely - after I water it with 2 full cups (8 oz) of water which is how much it wants before it starts to drain out. I have to keep emptying the drainage dish it is in until it stops - I'm not sure if that is good. I don't water it again for at least 3 weeks (depending on season) but that is about average. So, bottom line - can I transplant it after only one year without harming it? - Thanks very much.
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