Thanks. I thought I'd just devote a morning to gradually cutting away the basket (keeping the roots soaked and soft). However, the real problem is that watering it is a pain. Since it's inside the house, I've been holding it over the tub and using a hand-sprayer every other day to soak the roots, and then watering the pot. Had a (minor) brain-storm this morning. I can get one of those sticky hooks and mount it on the ceiling of the shower, hang the plant at the appropriate level with a handly length of chain, and use one of those large garden pump sprayers on it (of which I have several). That will be easy enough to do every day. The roots don't seem to mind being dry for a couple of days, so this kind of drench every day should be magic, and comparatively easy. When it's really outgrown the space, the pseudobulbs I want to keep might be mostly outside the pot anyway. Here's a pic of the little bud. It was a shocker. I hope it develops!
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