Cattleyas light cycles and blooming

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It looks wonderful, and you have done well.

You were worried about light. The purple on the new shoot shows the plant believes it is getting plenty of light.

With all the root growth, now would be a good time to repot. Because you have a cloudy, cool and humid winter, I would consider leaving out the coconut husk and using more LECA.

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It looks wonderful, and you have done well.

Thank you!

You were worried about light. The purple on the new shoot shows the plant believes it is getting plenty of light.

Yes, the new shoot is a good indicator. Let's hope for the flowers.

With all the root growth, now would be a good time to repot.

Do you think so? With so many roots growing I think I'll need a bigger pot... and a system to keep it straight up.
I saw a few videos with people using wire clips.

Because you have a cloudy, cool and humid winter, I would consider leaving out the coconut husk and using more LECA.

My main concern is summer time...we have 4 months with % between 20~15%, continuously. Maybe something like you have all year.

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With bifoliates I'm more worried about too wet during cool weather than too dry during warm weather. My leopoldii seedling got wrinkled last week. I soaked the container overnight in a bucket of water and the leaves plumped up.

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This year was exceptionally humid in winter and it did fine. But I was always vigilant about its growing and watering.
But that's something I will consider.

I will consider repot it again. It's growing fine but I really don't like to see it tilted the way it is. I though root growth was mainly in autumn, after flowering but I can see now it's the peak.

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I would re-pot too with those new roots. Maybe no need to replace medium. Just a pot that fits and get it standing up a bit better. You can put bamboo kebab skewers down in the pot and clip pseudo bulbs to each one and that can really help stabilize a plant too.

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Ok, I will repot it and try not to damage anything.
And a bigger pot? Otherwise I will need to do it again in less than a year.

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Yes, allow room for 1-2 years' growth.

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Now I understand why everybody told me to be prepared for a catt to get big when mounted.
These roots seems snakes crawling out of the pot.
But that's another project...maybe with this plant, who knows.

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You could attach a stump for mounting the orchid to a wheelbarrow frame with very long bolts.

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You could attach a stump for mounting the orchid to a wheelbarrow frame with very long bolts.

That would be difficult... I live in a flat and I'm strugling with space for my growing collection.

I haven't repot yet...I can't find pots suitable to the plant.
But I got an idea!
How about this? It's a vegetables packaging to make soup.
Dimensions are: 25x18x8 cm (9.8x7x3.1 in).


If it's too shallow, I can take out the bottom in one and put it inside another. Depth would be 12 cm (approx 5 in). It would be easier to unpot.