Cena wrote, "I was mainly looking for how one would 'repot', whether one would jam the plant up against the side of the pot, whether one would use a basket pot again, and with the moss issue how hard it would be to untangle or even if it would be worth it, and which other medium one would use if it was so decided to be removed from the moss. Southwestern extreme of So Cal. Outside year round, some shade, some sun." Let's start with the most important consideration--light. The conservative Charles Baker writes "...full morning sun with afternoon shading is indicated." Mine gets the full sun and starts seeing afternoon shade around 4 PM. When I get around to repotting mine again, next Spring after flowering or any hopes of flowering, I will decide whether to divide it into pieces of at least 5 psb or greater. I will put each piece into a clay pot which has about 3 cm (1+") of free space in front of active leads. I will use fir bark based Cattleya mix from Oak Hill. Yes, it's expensive. It's excellent. That will hopefully give me at least two years of uninhibited growth before the pot rim challenges the plant. Basket? If you have the humidity to maintain the plant year round in a basket, then I guess that's an option! It's not something that I have tried...yet! I have extra baskets at the moment. I might do that next year!! If I do, I will very loosely line the perimeter with some weathered coconut husk to keep the mix in place. Your "moss"? I would get rid of it. But, that's me. You may have an attachment to it! :-) Stitzelweller

This is an extremely invasive plant that you don't want. The flowers are very tiny, nothing fancy. It can reproduce from the many, many babies under the mother plant and also produces thousands of microscopic seeds that disperse in the wind or on the backs of birds and animals in your yard. Our Master Gardeners are recommending you destroy this plant. Linda Leaf

The emphasis is on the plant which in no way resembles an orchid. The leaves are very rigid and the edges have a sharp serrated edge, enough to draw blood. It is now making 3 new growths a year so will get to be a sizable clump after a while.

Hi Kyrri, I packed it in some t-shirts then in the suitcase. The customs did not ask anything about it, but I was prepared. I usually buy my plants whenever I go to Asia from dealers that work along with the agricultural ministry, with a small fee they guarantee that the plants are desease free and get me the import export permit. By the way, the bulbs were bare root, so it didnt have any medium or soil on it