This evening I repotted the plant. Cutting the roots off the pot was harder than I imagined because I forgot that the shards don't want to move around to make the cutting convienent. On the larger pot shards I just put the knife into the media and hoped my aim was true. I think I did well as I found only one large (1 inch) root section torn/cut off. The pot I used was not the one pictured. I found a 6 inch which was taller and put a rock in the bottom added lava rock to stabilize the rock then started the repotting. I didn't remove a lot of the original media (mostly lava anyway) to minimize the root disruption and then started to fill the pot in with a mix of lava and bark- one piece at a time to push it into the cavities around the roots. So far the plant seems to be supported well-no wiggling. Tomorrow I will give it a good dousing with water and hope for the best.
Ah, and yesterday my dog knocked over a different dendrobium that was also outside and it fell out of the pot. This though is a story for a different thread.
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