Hi there David,
I have repotted many a cymbidium & while I don't profess to grow & bloom
them
spectacularly, I can tell you that they love being pot bound.
Also if yours bloomed a year ago, it would have set spikes weeks ago. (they
like the cool to set spikes)
They are heavy feeders (which is why I don't get many flowering cyms) & they
can take
direct early morning sun & good strong light in order to bloom.

They are the most difficult orchids to divide & I acutually us a
serrated sickle to saw the
whole mass in half! Sometimes if you start in the area where the pseudobulbs
are the oldest,
you can break them away.

We only get the odd night of frost say once in a winter here in S.Cal.
zone 9/10 & I
just cross fingers & hold thumbs!! I have hundreds so they cannot be moved!

In answer to your question, I would leave your guy in the new pot & you
should
get flowers next year but do try for more shaded sunlight.
Good luck,
Cheers Wendy


"David E. Ross" wrote in message
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A year ago, I received a cymbidium as a gift. It was in full bloom.
After it stopped blooming, it began to send out new shoots.

I kept it in its original pot, a 1 gallon nursery can. But it seemed to
get pot-bound. Yesterday, I repotted it into a red-clay pot slightly
larger than the can. It was indeed pot-bound; I saw only roots and no
potting mix.

I tried to separate the pseudobulbs when repotting, but that was
impossible. Should I leave the mass as is, or should I try to cut the
pseudobulbs apart?

Another question:

For most of the year, I keep the plant outside on my patio. It gets a
little sun but mostly shade. About 3 weeks ago, I brought it indoors
because we do get night-time frost in the winter, including the last two
nights (although the nearest weather station -- about one mile east --
recorded lows not below 40F). I keep it in the dining room with light
from a north window until early March.

Is this indoor-outdoor idea valid, or should I leave it outside all
winter?

--
David E. Ross
Climate: California Mediterranean
Sunset Zone: 21 -- interior Santa Monica Mountains with some ocean
influence (USDA 10a, very close to Sunset Zone 19)
Gardening pages at http://www.rossde.com/garden/