Repotting Coelogyne

[WeirdGuySeattle]

Yikes, I don't like this thread. I just divided my coelogyne (barbatum I think - I'd have to check the tag...) I hope it survives, but it was becoming unwieldy - its not my favorite, but it certainly looks cool when it blooms.

Mine had three long runners all growing out of the old pot by at least 2 inches on each new lead. I decided it needed to get a new pot and divided to three plants.

I clopped off a bunch of old roots attached to the oldest backbulbs. Now I have three plants - all look okay so far. But its only been 2 weeks. All of them had a new growth started when I started this process, they don't seem to be dying, but aren't really noticeably growing either.

If I had to do this with a little forethought - I might just let a plant crawl into a new pot. This particular one I was thinking of mounting, but ultimately after some research decided against it...

Shoot - I hope mine survives. I didn't really think about it, just decided it was time to go for it and live with the consequences.