Best culture may vary between climate zones but here it seems to do best on a tree-fern mount.

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Is that yours? And do you care to share where "here" is? I'd love to see more pictures if you don't mind.'

That is the pot it came in and it's almost doubled in size since I've gotten it. I'm open to suggestions....

I've already shared "here" It is in my posted by line.

The plant is is owned by a member of a local orchid society.

Your plant is very healthy, and it is fine in a pot, but long term it might be best on a mount purely to display the flower better and accommodate the growth habit.

Many of the images on the net show the plant grown mounted.

Ok....I thought if it was yours I could garner some first hand advice.

I'm guessing watering them on a mount would be a bit more work then watering in a pot with a saucer, especially in the winter when they are all inside. But I imagine it would do best to mimic it's natural growing environment.

I know the current and previous owner of this plant and grown by the previous owner the plant received an award from the AOC.
First hand advice from me to you is pretty useless because of climate differences. None of that moving plants inside for winter here that real orchid growers in 7a do.

So all you will get is hints.... The last thing you want to do is have lots of strange waterings routines. You want to water them all at once and to do that you vary pot sizes, pot types, even potting mixes.

Perhaps in this case maybe a shallow tray might suffice.

Hopefully someone from the frozen north will add to this.

They can get quite large. Some time ago I hadn't figured out how to post pictures, Jane posted a picture of my Leptodes bicolor. Go to this link, it's the first picture.

http://forums.gardenweb.com/forums/load/orchidsgal/msg050012231413.html?5

I've had it for 10 years, a very reliable bloomer.

Nick

My god!!! It's huge. How do you have it mounted?

On a piece of bark. you can see the bark protruding at the top of the plant. The plant by the way has curled around and is even bigger as you can't see the backside of the bark. I put it there 10 years ago and haven't touched it since. Water and fertilizer is all it gets, lives in my backyard under shadecloth. Since it seems happy I make a point of not moving it it's been in exactly the same place for years. Water it at least 3 x per week, much less in the winter. Tap water, not RO.

Nick