Bea, I have a B.nodosa. It is mounted on a Chunk of Hardwood plank. When it started to outgrow the plank I placed the lot into an empty round shallow pot. It is starting to outgrow the pot....It has multiple leads that bloom at different times except winter. So maybe you can use the pot within a pot method and avoid disturbing a healthy plant.

I agree with Arthur.

Jane

My nodosa...next summers flowers...there are over 50 new p. bulbs. It lives on a cedar post and is very happy. You need a serious strategy and make a big effort to kill them. They will grow any way you grow them here in Florida.

Wow! Sadly mine doesn't look like that! It has a hard life up near the roof of a glass-house.

They get morning sun and water every day. This is one of the first orchids I ever got. It has trained me. I originally planted it on the shady side of the post. It did not like the spot but grew anyway. It struggled for 2 or more years and did have some flowers. Finally it escaped the shade by growing towards the sun. Then I realized finally that they like the sun. It took me way to long to figure that out! Since then I kinda got the hang of things. Given time even I can figure it out...

That's the story of growing orchids. Listen and they will talk to you (scream at you). Good lesson, Harvey!

Jane

These orchids are very tough and have a strong will to live. A couple of years ago, I bought a cutting off of eBay. Then I noticed that the $$ was refunded back to my account. I thought the transaction fell thru, but the seller shipped the cutting to me anyways. They told me that they felt like it wasn't worth charging any $$ for, so they just gave it to me. When I got it in the mail, it had only two leaves and almost no roots. Shortly after, it lost one of those leaves, so I thought it wouldn't make it. I left it bareroot on a shelf in my bedroom throughout the winter. Occasionally, I would toss it into water to give it a good soak before placing it back on the shelf.

When spring arrived, I placed it in a pot and staked it because it still didn't have much of a root system. It finally began growing a couple of smaller leaves and some more roots. Which finally let the leaves plump back up, rather than remaining shriveled up/dehydrated-looking. Then that next winter, I placed it under my grow lights, where it grew another normal-sized leaf. Last summer, it actually bloomed for me. I knew it was budding and was keeping a close eye on it. One evening I started smelling this wonderful fragrance filling up my backyard. I could smell its two little blooms from the other end of my yard. I could only imagine what it'll be like when it's as huge as ShavedMonkey's B. nodosa. I'm so jealous, lmao.

Quite a tough little plant!!!

I brought a big brassavola in full bloom to a meeting. More than one person was driven out of the room. But most enjoyed.

First time mine bloomed, I brought it into the bedroom so I could enjoy the night fragrance. Had to get up a bit later and take it downstairs, about an hour later got up AGAIN and moved it out to a sunroom. Love the fragrance, but it IS potent LOL!