The darned plants keep on getting bigger, and bigger too. I had some very large orchids that I divided, and had to find new homes for the pieces of them because while a large specimen orchid plant takes up some space, three or four smaller divisions of the same plant need at least twice as much space . . . It certainly can get out of hand if you also keep on shopping as well as growing.
Lc. Renate in 2020 made 3 large divisions when the basket fell apart.
C. Chief Sweet Orange in 2019, at least 3ft across.
My buys lately have been mini-Phals from the 'death rack' at Lowes - when an orchid finishes blooming, they don't send them back to the grower, they put them on the clearance rack for half price or less. Nothing I like better than a new orchid at a bargain price.
That's the problem with shopping at the shows for me - they just got SO expensive. Instead of coming home with 4 or 5 new plants, I'd return with maybe one or two, and they really had to be something special.
Nowadays, I do go to the open house events at my local grower, Plantio la Orquidea and he puts bare-root divisions out for very reasonable prices. I've done well with those without a huge outlay of $$.
