[Cynthia, Prescott, AZ]

Nenella, I have too many orchids to hold back on feeding for some, but I usually fertilize much less in winter, but then again, I must say that I have never been a very heavy fertilizing person. Fact is that orchids don't really need a lot of fertilizer. But, if you have been fertilizing very regularly, you can probably take a rest from the process if the plant is not growing. However, sometimes when they are not growing above the mix, they are producing roots inside the mix, so an occasional fertilizing probably is good.

Aniko, if your plant has nine pseudobulbs in a row, with no side branches, that is very unusual. The growth from the 7th bulb, along with one from the 9th, will help to fill your pot nicely, and the next time you repot, I would take off a lot of those old backbulbs. I like to see 3 mature bulbs for ever new growth, but in this case, I think I would leave numbers 9,8,7,6 and 5, so that there are three bulbs behind that new growth from #7, unless some of the bulbs are substandard sized. The 4 bulbs (or 3) you take off at the back end will probably start a new plant if kept from drying/shrivelling too much, maybe sphag & bag it until it starts a new growth and a bit of root activity from that new growth. I don't expect those backbulbs to have roots, but if any of them do, S&B won't be necessary, just pot up.