So okay. perhaps I missed a repotting cycle - or six. This Phal was tall about 4-5 years ago when we finagled it into it's current giant pot. It's been very happy. This year had multi-spikes and we had months of blooms. But it's top heavy for even this big pot.
The original main stem probably went all the way down to the bottom of the pot to spare as many roots as possible.
Now, when I unpot 'Audrey II', it will have about a 14+ inch stem with roots all along it (assuming that there is no rot). So about 7 inches above the medium and 7 inches in the medium. I probably can scrub and sterilize out the current pot and reuse it, but how much can I cut off of this huge stem? I've seen comments, I believe in other places, that Phals will tolerate losing quite a bit of the old stem. I've resuscitated other Phals with one tiny root. But 'Audrey II' seems to have mostly air roots above ground.
Thank you in advance for your thoughtful (kind
) responses.
We're gonna need a bigger pot - Too Tall Phal
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