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title: "Should I repot an orchid I just got?"
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# Should I repot an orchid I just got?

_Posted by Ezza on 2025-06-04_

Should I repot an orchid I just got?

## 7 comments

### PlantMom829 commented on 2025-06-04

I'm not an expert on orchids but it will largely depend on how it is pottes right now; is it in the right medium, has it outgrown it's pot, is the substrate too wet and needs replacing, stuff like that

### Kappllow commented on 2025-06-04

Personally I repot almost every plant I get, even if it's just back into it's original pot. The number of times that I have found elastics, foam or other things wrapped around a plant irritates me.

#### Liberty replied on 2025-06-04

I just brought a money tree and I had a RUBBER BAND keeping it together in the soil. It was also buried 2 inches to deep AND planted in moss 🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️

### plantgeek commented on 2025-06-04

can you provide a picture? always examine roots before repotting, but i'd recommend repotting all new plants if they're healthy, even if you don't size up. sometimes there's things in the soil or it's an improper medium

#### Ezza replied on 2025-06-04

Here does it look normal or?

![Attachment 1 of 1](https://images.getplanta.com/v1/resize/DiteipM7HMeLkV9zXFmxFe8RLhQIZJ_VmGKmXmWGMY8/xiNNGOvlSzq1hG1waLOXiw.webp?size=large)

#### plantgeek replied on 2025-06-04

looks totally healthy to me! no repot needed :)

### JW commented on 2025-06-04

Orchids like to be a bit rootbound, so I only repot mine if the container (thin plastic) is cracking. Only do this if you use the thin clear orchid pots though, otherwise just repot when it expands when pulled out. In the wild, they grow in cracks of rocks and trees so repotting is much less necessary.

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