Alison,

You don't state the size of the pot the plant is currently growing in now.
If it's less than or equal to a 6 inch pot then you should consider taking
it up a pot size.

If it's in a larger pot 8, 10, 12 inch then you could divide it in half and
put a piece back into the current pot. You could keep the other piece and
pot it up or give it to a gardening friend. Be sure that each piece has a
growing end putting out new growth.

I recieved a single backbulb of a brassia from a friend about 6 years ago.
It has grown over the years to fill a 8 inch pot and could be divided now.
It took 3 years for that single backbulb to bloom.

Good growing,
Gene







"Alison" wrote in message
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Hi,
I have a really big brassia that is growing over the edge of the pot,
but I don't want to go up another pot size because it's already huge,
& it has got hard to tell whether it needs watering, because I can't
tell if it's still wet in the middle. The older bulbs have lost their
leaves, so I wondered if I can cut them off, & move the plant back in
the pot to give the new shoots room. I don't want to wreck it. Is it
safe to just hack off the old leafless bulbs? Where exactly should I
cut? Where the newer bulb comes out? Will the old bulbs get new
growth or are they "done"? I know about sterilizing the knife or
scissors, & dusting with cinnamon... just wondering if anyone had any
good advice on how to do this as I have never had to divide one
before.
Thanks!

Alison