Seriously though... I don't even know what to do with this. This is my new den. spectabile that just came in from H&R Nursery and it has the most insanely healthy root system I have seen on an orchid straight from the a grower. This entire thing is roots, the more I try dig the more roots I find. I spent 45 minutes trying to find bark to pull out and only came up with 3 large pieces and not a single dead root. Now I am just breaking more roots while digging around than actually removing any old media. The picture came out a little dark but I assure you, those roots are as perfect as perfect can be. So how in the heck would you handle this repot?! I grow all of my dens in lava rock and leca, bark is a no go since it stays too wet for me and the way I grow. The last spectabile I had died when I waited to long to take it out of its bark and the roots tuned to mush. (I am familiar with latouria types now and successfully grow several after I killed that one)
So I'm at the point where I don't know whether to shove it in a clay pot and just fill in around the edges with my rock mixture or do I take a knife and cut the root ball so I can get to the center. HELP ME PLEASE
Repotting a root bound orchid
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