you're welcome!! expect it to pout a bit afterwards...that's normal when transplanting and especially when splitting the root system. just water as per what the soil tells - if it's really dry, water, if it's moist, don't water.
I've been wondering about this myself, I have a second plant that I've been concerned about splitting. I repotted a rootbound one and it "pouted" for a long time. Thanks joclyn.
I exchange mail with collectors from all over the world. This note came from a collector with whom I have exchanged mail for a very long time who lives west of Mexico City. He wanted me to know that this specimens can do well in the ground in soil that is different from rain forest soil. My personal experience has been that it does not enjoy really wet soil, at least the hybrid variations. I have no idea if the plants in his collection are hybrids or species but my guess would be they are species since he has some wonderful specimens in his garden of rare plants. At any rate, I thought all of you would enjoy reading and considering his mail, "my soil is clay, since we only have hardly three months of rain in the summer, the clay needs to be water every day, during the "cold" months, we water every other day. My relative humidity is only 25 to 30 %, When I shower in the mornings my hair is already dry before I finish drying myself out with a towel." Since hybrids appear to have been grown to tolerate less water that may explain the difference in a species plant in the rain forest growing next to a river and a hybrid in your home that dislikes being watered too frequently.
It did exactly what you said it would do...it pouted for quite awhile; but now it's starting to stand alot straighter...it was a success, I thankyou so much!
I've got a rootbound pouting one now. I always get nervous before I repot, any tips to making it go more smoothly/successfully joclyn?
