The rhizomes on this plant was a tangled mess as well. Imagine 12+ years of no divisions. The leads were going in all directons like Medusa's hair. ***Warning*** Copy my steps at your own risk. I do not consider myself an expert. This was not based on any specific scientific background. I just relied on my backyard intuition. *** Now that we got that out of the way, This is the approach I took based on the plant's condition: 1. I needed to "liberate" the center of the plant since it was getting crowded (almost crushed) by the all the newer growth that was surrounding it. 2. From the top looking down, I chose a "central" pseudobulb and imagined a circle containing about a dozen pseudobulbs that are closest to it. This was then designated as the "central plant" which needed to be extracted. 3. I cut all the main rizhomes that extend out from beyond this centeral plant. 4. With all this cutting, I ended up with the central plant, a very large clump of about 20 connected pseudobulbs, two other clumps with about a dozen pseudobulbs each and a few clumps with 3-6 pseudobulbs. 5. Throughout this cutting, I planned to keep each clump with at least a minimum of 6 pseudobulbs but sometimes it was not practical to do so. Some pseudobulbs just happened to be in the way so they were cut away either a singles or up to three pseudobulbs. 6. The singles were in bad shape anyway, so I did not feel bad about cutting them away. They are now in rehab, hopefully there is still some life in them and they can sprout new leads. 7. I wanted to divide the resulting clumps further but decided to withold it until these current divisions have recovered for a couple of seasons. jane, If you post a pic of the blc that you are planning to divide, we can give you suggestions on where to cut. Ultimately though, it is your plant and will be more in tune with it and probably know best where to properly place the cuts. My personal preference though is to keep each clump at a minimum of 6 pseudobulbs.

I have been adminering this everyday since you have posted it. I was wondering if you would be willing to part with a division if its possible? I would give you 2 or 3 orchid plants for it. Darwin

Ours was "True Love Ways" by Buddy Holly. I'm more of an old country listener(but I do like the oldies too) and DH likes the oldies. I looked for months and asked him a few times if he had any songs he wanted he just keep saying any song you want is fine with me, he did not want much to do with the planning of the wedding. Then one day we herd it on the radio and he said hey we should have this song, I liked it, so we did.

How nice. I'm sure your fiancee will be thrilled that you wrote a song for your wedding.