Cattleya Frans Hais - should I repot now?
 

The latest growth on my Frans Hais has matured and it looks to me like it’s big enough to bloom, so I’ve been hoping to see a spike form soon. But instead of a bloom it’s starting another growths I was planning to repot after it bloomed but now I’m thinking I might need to do it sooner. The bark is still ok I think but the pot itself is breaking down and this next growth will likely spill over the edge anyway. Or do I wait and let it get bigger and then it will bloom?
Don’t have much experience with Catts - so I don’t know if putting out a new growth means it won’t bloom this time?

Also if I repot, what are thoughts on cutting the rhizome above the bud in the center and rearrange in the new pot for more symmetrical growth?

Sorry - so many questions…

It's OK to ask.

I strongly recommend waiting to repot any Catt until you see new roots nubs just emerge. Try to repot before they're more than 2-3 millimeters long. Some Catts root just before forming new growth, some during new growth, and others later to much later. Repotting before new roots form damages old roots, and the plant may struggle for a long time to take up water until new roots form.

Catts may put out growths without flowers if conditions were not to their liking previously. Typically this happens if the plant is not large enough; if it didn't get enough light intensity, or the proper day length; or if it wasn't fertilized.

I would not divide the plant. Larger plants give better and more numerous flowers. I would find a bigger pot. Choose one that will permit 2-3 more growths. You have time to do this now since you're waiting for roots.