I have this nasty habit of death, destruction, and splitting of orchid rhizomes during the repot process. Part of me just thinks 'oh, whatever lives through this will live forever'. However, a larger plant is usually a healthier plant, and splitting should only be done to keep the plant in check. Today's endeavor was to repot 2 Cymbidiums that were overdue for a repotting, and thankfully I didn't maim (maybe a little, but don't tell anyone...) or split any of the backbulbs off. There were new leads growing from the old, established bulbs on both and hopefully in my packing of bark, they weren't harmed.
The Epidendrum I split didn't fare as kindly however. It looked something like the first picture before I came and hacked it up. In my infinite wisdom, I did not plan ahead for repotting more than the Cymbidiums, so I ran out of bark. Running out of time and rather annoyed with myself, I just decided to just throw most of the divisions I so gently created back into the same pot. Whoops. See the second picture and guess how many divisions are in each pot. Hint, each division was about 2 canes big. Le sigh.
And a happy pre-Fourth of July to you Americans, and a pleasant Damn Those Colonists To Hell to you Brits. :)
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