Odd experience - Carter/Holmes

[coirchoir]

Gin - I completely agree - on an intuitive level itself that makes much more sense - I wish I had the confidence to think like that before I chopped off all the roots!
Anyway now I think this will be the making of a new non-invasive orchid-growing philosophy in me, as far as I'm concerned - will use the knife only to chop off diseased/worn out leaves, scales, bulb, roots, or to divide/propagate; though even dividing probably really necessary only to feed our acquisitive sense of "increasing" our "collection" - in nature orchids don't go about dividing themselves; maybe I should merely transfer overgrown orchids into larger and larger pots, huh?