Cathleya prefer shallow big diameter or deep pot?

[bil]

Originally Posted by dounoharm

you can go to a 10" pot....I have used either clay or plastic....azalea pots...the short ones....and they do well....its a bit harder to work around a great big monster plant, so I tend to bust them up.....as bil said...they like BIG HARD BARK! no little stuff!

Yeah the beauty of that is you can't overpot, and you can't overwater if the medium is just large bark.

[ninad]

Originally Posted by bil

Yeah the beauty of that is you can't overpot, and you can't overwater if the medium is just large bark.

good advice

On side note, today I saw this new growth coming out of leave, is it flower or leaf?

[bil]

Originally Posted by ninad

good advice

On side note, today I saw this new growth coming out of leave, is it flower or leaf?

Looks like a last year's flowering spike that has been cut off.