Can Orchids be too crowded in their pot? YES! Here's what to do about it!

Orchids can become too crowded in their pot and even if they will not really mind it, when the water starts depleting faster and faster, they won't be happy!

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[vanessawhitneypro]

Thanks, always. I started learning how to keep my orchids, with you, 2 years ago... I never knew how to care for them on any level until your videos... I'm pleased to say that I've now kept an orchid alive for 8 months! It's not gifted me with blossoms again, yet, but a NEW LEAF is growing... THANK YOU... I'm a plant LOVER & it means so much to keep it alive & watch it grow... Peace!

[jlp]

I have a grocery store white Phalaenopsis that kept growing taller and taller (long neck with leaves way up in the air) and had lots of air roots. I ended up repotting it into a pond plant pot (couldn’t find an orchid pot big enough at that time) and chopped off the bottom half to even make it fit. 😬 It still had a bunch of air roots and it has bloomed a few times since. Without much knowledge on orchids, I’ve been able to keep it alive for 10-15 yrs. Learning lots from you so I can now properly care for it and 2 others. Thanks!

[filtersplz]

Your vids have encouraged me to do more with orchids with more confidence. Thank you

[elbeem]

My Phal just ended its blooming stage. The roots actually broke thru the plastic pot (5") - nuff said, I was forced to repot in a larger pot (7"). Thankfully, most of the roots were fine and healthy (only had to cut out two brown ones). It is now working on taking hold in its new home, so much so, it has sprouted a new leaf.

[aliciadiazdevivar]

I had to repot a phal with big roots that were attached to a clay pot. I watched your videos Danni and was able to save all the roots soaking them first and patiently detach them from the pot. Of course I had to break the pot. I decided to mount the pal because it’s pretty big and I grow my orchids outside in sunny Florida ☀️
It’s growing beautiful with one new leaf and new roots. 😊

[nancyedgerton]

I am with you in saving the pot, for all the reasons that you expressed!

[robyn]

Thank you! I am about to repot for the first time! I have learned much from you (hopefully enough!)

[scottfontaine]

Thank you Danny for another great video. I got my first orchids back in January of this year and now I have 8 orchids (plus I started buying ferns, pothos plants and Peperomia plants). I have learned so much from watching your videos on orchids. Thank you 🙏.

[jessh]

As a beginner in the orchid hobby Danny I just can't tell you how much you helped me! I killed a few in the beginning but the longer I try the better they are doing and I've mostly used you as a go to resource to figure out what I'm doing wrong and how to fix it. Phals were hardest for me actually for whatever reason but I think I realized it was only the mini phals I had problems with. Recently I even helped one fight through fusarium and she is growing roots and leaves again. Now i have a Cattleya, an oncidium, 1 big den-phal, a Paph and a few phals!!! They are doing great!Thank you for all your helpful videos!

[MiyaJadecube]

grateful for your channel that I just discovered! I've had my store bought white Phal for a little over 2 years now, repotted once with a lower quality mix, not really knowing how to care for orchids. While I'm happy I've kept this little one alive for so long I finally moved to a more stable environment where I can really look after my plants! She just went into her dormant state & is ready for a new repot with fresh (quality) mix...She is such a rooty bloom, I was afraid she was hating her life 😢, but your vid taught me she actually just needs a fresh mix & better pot to air her out in & she's one of those lovely gals that loves to get a little root crazy! It's so funny how attached we get to them after a while! I hope to have her blooming for many years to come! xoxo

[machines]

I did not know you could use moss on the bottom. Thank you.

[bradleydowning]

I like that you repeat "in my/this environment." Every climate will tell you how to repot for its needs, and less watering. My keys: good light, quality potting mix, and consistent water.

[RIMricothecat]

Thank you for all this valuable information!

[JP-veor]

Ooh good, I'm glad I can just cut the roots. A while back I broke down and bought some fancy plastic pots online even though I had environmental concerns. Roots have been squeezing through the slots lately and I've been dreading repotting.

[jillherbold]

Thank you so much for all your helpful tips. I started following your suggestions about a year ago and my orchids have been transformed. I never knew about repotting and changing the medium or the correct way to water the orchids. Thanks again!

[miaace]

I’m so tempted to either purchase a huge piece of driftwood and place my Orchid within or around it and let it have at it. 😂 I am a beginner my son gave me my first orchid last Mother’s Day and I love it. I definitely have to repot it I know this, I ended up cutting the flower stem all the way down and cleaned up old rotten roots. I have yet to see anything remotely looking like a flower sprout but that’s ok, but my goodness there are all these roots growing everywhere all in all it’s seems very happy. Thank you for this video. ❤

[mimosveta]

I once found two orchids dumped in the street. It was raining, so they were all smutty and sad. One had burned leaf, actually, it still does, and both had multiple spent bloom branches. I picked em up and brought them home, and obviously, I had to repot them right away, to see what's the damage. They both had exquisite roots but one of them had so many god damned roots, it took me forever to pull it out of it's pot. actually, that was the one with burned leaf. I had to go and buy a new pot, and it had to be one as big as a bucket. It also has a bloom stalk, but hasn't bloom yet, it's been like that for months now, not sure if I'm just watering them too rarely so they avoid blooming... I think I do it like once a month...

[billymacaraeg]

how I prefer to do over crowded orchid pot is to cut the pot 😁😁, and what I actually do with the cut transparent pot is to repair it hehe, since I use decorative pots, I can reuse transparent pots with other smaller orchids, thanks MOG 😍

[davesmith]

Thank you for the video! I have a small Kiki that went wild with roots and is in a large pot. It is nice to know that if I have to, I can cut the roots. On another note, I bought a plant from a big box store; repotted it out of the sphagnum moss and trimmed the dead roots when I got it home. It did not like the Phalaenopsis media my other plants are in and it dropped all of the blossoms. This year I put it back in the Sphagnum moss and it is doing better. It seems as though I have a moody plant. Maybe it will blossom again next year.

[Fabdanc]

I just had a nightmare re-potting of a cattleya. I neglected it and it cemented itself into a small ceramic pot... Ended up having to smash the pot and cutting tons of roots to extricate the poor thing. I did wait until I had a new growth putting out its own roots before mutilating the old roots. Def set it back, and it was a very reliable bloomer... but the medium was rotting and the orchid will be better off in the long run!