Zygo division

[Rainshadow]

Hi everyone, hope you are all blooming. I don't come here often since I only have 2 orchids anymore but hope to remedy that someday.

My question is about my Zygo I described in Reeses thread. It is in bark in an 8" pot and pretty happy. It finished blooming some nice, big flowers about a month ago and what I thought was new growth at first has proven to be a second spike. I guess it wasn't quite healthy enough to put them both out at once but I'm thrilled and watching it to try to be sure it isn't too taxing for it.... I could cut it off.

I need to do something with it after it blooms as I got the leading edge too close to the side of the pot. My question is it has sprouted on a backbulb and that growth has just started getting some size (3 psbs). Should I just divide it and grow up the smaller part? I had hoped it would be bushy and nice but it looks kind of bare in the middle and pathetic. I want it to be the healthiest so I keep getting nice flowers, should I just cut off the back and grow it up separately or leave it on there?

thanks for any ideas,
judi

[orchidsarefun]

you don't mention what type of zygo you have or the pot size. Some hybrids do end up looking like a centipede with a growth on the head, others fill out nicely ( for example louisendorf ). I would advise dividing it and repotting everything back together in the same pot so you can rebalance........and get more blooms from the same pot.

[Rainshadow]

Thanks, that's what I was hoping to do. It has filled out except for the part that was damaged when it had no roots.

Its just a Noid but looks exactly like pictures of Zygopetalum Rhein Moonlight I see online. Its vigorous and I really enjoy the scent whatever it is.

It has been in an 8" pot which I thought might be too large but it seems happy. It can go back into that if I remove a couple of backbulbs and reposition it or will put it back down into a 6" if needed. My culture is probably not technically correct in some ways but it works for me.

Thanks again,
judi