does Den need repotting?

[leela]

Hello,

I was given a flowering den some two or three months ago. Now she is growing new canes.
Even at the time I received it I felt the pot might be to small. There are roots out of the pot and I wonder if I should repot. On the other hand the plant seems happy as is and I read that dens like to be tight-bound.
Could you please tell me what you think? Thank you very much.
Leela

[orchid_girl]

Dens do like to be root bound but I would lok at it to make sure there is no rot. But then again you said it looks happy....just check it for rot. If there is not any I would leave it.

[Tobi]

The plant looks good. I usually repot my Dens every 2-3 years. If I can fit them back into
the same size pot, I keep them that way. If anything you might want to repot to check
the roots as Orchid Girl suggested. You're getting new growth, so thats a good sign.

[leela]

Thanks! I'll repot in a same-size pot, then.

[11Orchid126]

When you repot, try not to disturb the roots too much, they resent it. I usually move mine up to a slightly bigger pot without touching the roots at all.

[kmarch]

I too would repot, but use the same size pot, just repositioning the plant so the new growthisn't so close to the edge. Keep it in as small as a pot as possible.

[digitalgate]

i think you have over watered the plant. The root look soft and soggy.

[sandra]

Definitely a good idea to unpot, check things out and give it new medium. If this were my plant, it would go into a much smaller pot, not larger. They love tight quarters. I had to change the medium on my Dend. recently and transferred it to a larger pot which I regretted. I ended up repotting it into the same size it originally was in. It definitely suffered a setback from the repotting and probably because it wasn't actively growing at the time which is when you'll want to make any changes to yours.

Remember, tight fitting!