I need some guidance with re-potting.
The story is like this. I gave my mother two Cymbidium plants several years back when I had to relocate many of my orchid. Today she ask for help with some of her plants and wanted to re-pot. all along I though she had only one of the plants.
To my surprised, she had put both plants in one pot with potting soil, no bark only what the plants had originally come with. it was difficult to take them out because they were stuck, and full of water.
I was able to separate the plants from each other with out braking any roots.
Now, they did flower last year, and have new growth. And lots and lots of dead roots, and the new roots are so tangle with the dead roots that I have to wait for them to dry a little before attempting to remove the soil (pictures bellow).
Question is should I put them back together in the same pot, after cleaning them and giving them the right media with plenty of drainage. Or separate them, and divide.
Keep in mind that I really don't know how many good roots will be left after I clean them. I was able to wash some of the dirt off and the dead roots resembles a weaker basket of how tight and compacted they are.
And now I'm wondering how are the ones I gave to my aunt are doing, she reports they just keep growing but no flowers
New Cymbidium coming my way
sorry, I was trying to make a new thread, I need to pay attention to what I'm doing
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