Repotted my Aliceara

Well, I was nervous about it but I finally did it! I repotted my Aliceara, Pacific Nova Butter Bud. The roots were totally packed around the old medium like a brick! I took BD's advise and soaked her in a pot of water for about 20 minutes. It still took me about 1-1/2 hours to get all the old medium out!

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Nice job, it certainly looks happy in its new home. It has a very healthy root system.

You should see some good new growth in the next year.

That looks great! Nice work!

Cheers,
BD

Nice looking plant...i'm starting to grow these as well and you had some nice roots on there!
Connie

looks like you did a great job! The first one is always the hardest. I usually soak and then use the vegetable sprayer or a hose to help with getting the medium out. With 500+ chids in my collection, I now consider myself an expert potter, LOL. I can go through a tray of plants in no time at all and have them repotted. The trick is to have everything ready, mix made, new pots lined up, a container for old medium and away I go. Paphs are the easiest. Oncids the worst. I have mounted many which means no repotting, Yeah!

I always mark the back of the tag with a P- and date, (potting date, P-8.8 indicates to me that I last repotted Aug of 2008)

That's a very healthy looking plant, good job!