Hello, I purchased 2 phals on clearance at Lowes - both are potted in mainly sphagnum moss (with a very few chunks of what looks like coir), they were in ceramic pots with no liner and NO drainage holes and were sopping wet. However as you can see in the picture they have healthy-appearing roots. I want to repot them into proper orchid pots, but the media I have on hand is a coarse mix of mainly bark which seems to be working well for the other 2 orchids I have. I seem to remember reading once that orchids that have been growing in sphagnum shouldn't be put straight into bark, is that true? If so can I mix sphagnum and the media I would prefer to use, and if so at what ratio?
Also one of the orchids has a leaf that is yellowed at the end, and a second leaf that is curled, is this likely related to the overwatering or is there something else I should be worried about?
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