What's your biggest pot size?

[mnguyen110]

I was just wondering how big does everyone grow each type of orchids. For bigger orchids with sympodial growth, does having too many back bulbs ever not benificial to flowering?

[WhiteRabbit]

Not counting Cyms, my biggest pot size is 10". Onc Sharry Baby (already busting out of the 10" pot I put it in less than a year ago), Milt flavescens in a 10" basket since last summer -hopefully will hold it another year. Both grow like weeds. Sharry Baby is a big plant anyway. Milt flavescens has a long rhizome.

The problem with the Sharry Baby's size, is that due to it's size, it gets left outside all year, and where I have it, gets little light in winter - probably causing me to miss out on some spikes in spring. It blooms well in fall, after receiving better light in summer.

[tucker85]

The same is true for me. I have a couple of orchids in 10" clay pots and some others in 10" wood baskets. Some of those have outgrown their containers but I'm not going any bigger.

[cbuchman]

Me too. I have a Prosthechea cochleata in a 10" clay pot. My pot sizes range from 1 inch to 10 in. I have a couple of plastic baskets in use now, a recent addition.

[Orchidbyte]

I have a Dend specieosum in a 30" square pot filled with hydroton and shredded tree fern, I hope I won't have to repot for several years. I estimate the weight of plant and pot at well over 100 lbs. The plant still has several years before it covers all of pot.

[greengarden]

I also have a couple of large D. speciosums in around the same size as orchid byte, plus a large cym in the same pot size. I have a trough type planter that is about 1.8 metres long and about 6 inches wide which is mass planted with Odontocidiums, they are filling it nicely.

[mooburr]

Can we get some pictures of these monster pots?
Something to aspire to?

[The Orchid Boy]

My biggest pot size now is 7 inches for a large Phrag. pearcei and a 6.5 inch pot for a Paph. sanderianum. The Paph. sanderianum needs a bigger pot fairly soon. For me having only 1 shelving unit of lights and limited space, these are really big pot sizes.

[Discus]

I guess about 40cm or so (~16") for a large Oncidium sphacelatum. it needs a bigger pot still...