I repotted my Cattleya and I thought I would share the results. I think Ray was right that it was a root issue butt this is only the 2nd Cattleya I have repotted so I could always be wrong.
The part that had the two real small bulbs that the leaves fall off of seemed to be attached to a lot of dead roots. In fact, when I was running water over the roots to clean all the previous medium off that part of the plant just sort of fell off. I don’t think I was being rough because I have had a lot harder time getting medium out of some of the oncidiums that I have repotted. This medium came off quite easily.
Therefore, I took the big part of the plant and repotted in the same pot with mostly bark and a small amount of moss mixed in. One other thing I noticed is the roots were really attached to this pot. Some of them would not detach but most of them I was able to loosen by slightly wetting them.
Overall I think repotting was a good idea although I do like to wait until I see new growth before I disturb any of my orchids.
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