Sheryl kurizaki- a tiny bulbophyllum got repotted into a 4 inch wide 1 inch tall plastic basket in sphagnum. So far it looks happy. It had just run out of room in the old setup.
Dendrobium aggregatum also got repotted into a larger plastic basket- 6 inches instead of 4 inch. We planted it in all moss since when it is getting watered it doesn't care how wet it is. It also got a yellow leaf with black spots. I cut off the suspect leaf and sprayed the whole thing with copper spray (like I said spraying is my new thing). There are still a couple of little black spots on a couple of leaves but they aren't expanding, so we are keeping an eye on it. I forgot to take a picture of it. We were able to repot it early because it didn't flower this spring.
The red epi went nuts making kikis at the greenhouse. We waited until it had nice long roots and repotted it all. We put all the kikis and the original plant into a much bigger pot. It was in a 3" plastic pot and now it's in a 6" clay orchid pot. We're using regular bark mix. So far so good. This is the only Epi we really have left.
Leptotes bicolor got repotted into a 4 inch basket with sphagnum moss. We were going to put it into a larger pot, but the guy at the greenhouse said they prefer baskets. I'm hoping it will flower this year. It didn't last year, and I know it is plenty big enough. I might have to look into what it wants a bit more. We were told to treat it like a cattleya. It might be drying out more than it really wants to. Probably the new potting situation will help with that.
Catasetum is growing really well. We repotted it into a bigger 6" plastic pot in sphagnum moss. I have been watering and fertilizing it. The growth is probably about 8" tall. There are a lot of roots but they seem to prefer growing sideways rather than down, so they are all sort of bunched up at the top. I'm hoping now that they have medium around them they will grow down. I would like to be fertilizing it more. I wanted it in a plastic pot again because I like to be able to easily pull the whole root mass/plant out and look at it over the winter when it's drying out. Then I can spritz the roots to keep them from totally desiccating. We repotted it because there wasn't enough room in the old pot for the new growth. Also the medium was kind of hard at the top and I thought it would be hard for the new roots to get down in there and establish. So far so good. I keep being afraid this plant is doing right, but it has been ok so far.
I've been having a hell of a time getting it to grow straight. I have to rotate it regularly. It wants to be outside where the light it up instead of sideways.
The pink Dendrobium we were given by someone in the orchid club also got repotted. It had been planted in rocks in a shallow 6" clay orchid pot. Much of the plant was growing over the edge of the pot. We repotted it into the same pot with a bark mix instead. Hopefully that will help it feel happier about how much water it's getting. I think this plant is the phalaenopsis type dendrobiums that come from Home Depot etc. We learned at the Orchid Show in Asheville this past weekend that these want tons of sun, hot temps, and regular watering. We will try to provide that, but don't know if we can. The lady said it always tries to flower in the winter and blasts the buds- probably from cool temps or too dry. Maybe if we can get it to try and flower in the summer we can get some flowers out of it. It's not growing right now. I want to keep an eye on that.
We still have plenty more repotting to do. We are thinking of picking up the plants from the greenhouse in shifts and taking the finished ones back in shifts so we don't end up with too many at home. We will still keep some at home, especially those that were are treating from fungus etc.
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