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Orchid help and random plant ID

Hello!
I have a beast of an orchid that my friend bought me, I’ve had it around three months and it is growing like crazy. I’ve repotted it today as it’s completely climbing out of it’s original pot (see pic for side by side comparison!) I realise I need to get it some proper orchid compost (it’s on the way) but needed to do something for now as it started to look sorry for itself!

I was wondering, is it too late to try and straighten the new stems. The OG stems are at the back and it’s sprouted three more over the last three months?
I have a beast of an orchid that my friend bought me, I’ve had it around three months and it is growing like crazy. I’ve repotted it today as it’s completely climbing out of it’s original pot (see pic for side by side comparison!) I realise I need to get it some proper orchid compost (it’s on the way) but needed to do something for now as it started to look sorry for itself!

I was wondering, is it too late to try and straighten the new stems. The OG stems are at the back and it’s sprouted three more over the last three months?
Also, rather than me spamming the forum with another question, does anyone know what plant this is?


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It's a dendrobium.you can remove the extra stems and pot them up,get some more plants for free. In the summer months,any orchids that aren't in flower are in hanging baskets still in their pots, hanging under trees in the shade, like they would be in the rain forest. If it rain great, otherwise they are easy to spray with rain water. When you get your orchid compost,if you decide to separate,keep them out of the sun,let them recover