Should I repot a Cymbidium now?

[Laserbeak]

I just bought my first Cymbidium and it was literally cracking open its plastic pot. It looks very healthy and has 3 large pseudobulbs with leaves and a little brown back bulb. It easily slipped out of the pot, so I could see it has a good root system, but it's all compacted into that little square.

What I did was just use scissors to cut open the corners of the plastic pot and put it in a slightly larger clay pot and just filled in around it.

I ordered a tall clay Cymbidium pot for it (spent way too much but it looks beautiful), and I'm wondering if I should replant it in that when I get the pot or is it a bad time. I've read elsewhere they should be repotted in the spring after they flower but this one shows no signs of flowering yet.

If I do repot, can just soak the roots in warm water to make them pliable to distribute them down the tall pot?

Thanks

[WhiteRabbit]

I'd wait for new growth in spring.
If it has a large root mass, cut off the bottom quarter to third of it.

I do soak mine to help loosen roots, and use a chopstick to work into the mass, wiggling it to loosen things up.

This can all take some time, so do it when you will have some time for it.

[Cym Ladye]

DO NOT cut the roots OR DIVIDE NOW, especially if you are in cold, freezing climates like New York! Now that you have temporarily put it into a larger pot, be VERY careful not to over water it in the middle or you will just rot out the roots.

Cym Ladye