Thought I better add a couple of pictures!

I've already punched a bunch of holes in the plastic cup to help dry the little one out, but it's the bigger one in the glass pot that I'm concerned whether it will be ok to leave in there for 2 days.

Thank you palms for replying! Tomorrow can't get here soon enough! lol

I will search this forum, cause I have another 'little' dilemma with these blooming beauties, but I'm concerned that when I repot them in the bark tomorrow, they will lose all their gorgeous blooms.

My mother this morning suggested to just take them out of their current containers and put them as is into their new ones, not messing with the roots, moss or anything, and then wait until all the blooms fall off before doing the actual repotting into bark. Does anyone have any thoughts on this? They are both so beautiful, and may bloom for many many more weeks...do I take a chance and repot in bark now or do as my mom suggested?

BTW, Happy Mother's Day to all the mommies! I went out today looking for another Orchid or two to add to my growing collection, and ALL sold out! What was I thinking? hahahaha

Hmmm... It is a hard decision on this one.. If you repot into bark, the blooms will almost certainly drop prematurely. Those roots just look so good though. It would be a shame if something happened to them. I don't think leaving them in the moss for a couple weeks would hurt them long term, but I usually go with better safe than sorry. At this point, just do what you want with them, I can't really make the decision for you, and pretty much both sides are equal.

Thanks for your thoughts, and I should have mentioned the one in question is the gorgeous 2-spike in the heavy glass pot with no drainage. Here's a closer view and I can only see one root which does look healthy.

Also look at the bluish/green in there...looks like loads of Miracle Grow stuck in there too! Yuck!

This is the beauty in question, above this ugly mess!

Just need to clarify something, the picture way above with my hand holding all those healthy roots is NOT the one from the heavy glass pot. I have not taken the 2-spike one out of the glass pot yet, but it is this one I feel I need to repot, but I am concerned about the blooms falling off. This one also has new buds too.

I am wondering if it would be safe to just take out of the glass pot as is, and place in new plastic pot with holes, not adding any additional media, and not effect the blooms. Once it's done blooming, sure I will do a complete repot in bark.

It looks quiet healthy, despite it's miserable pot situation. You could probably just pull the whole thing out and set it in a slightly larger bowl so the air can circulate around it and dry a bit quicker. It will probably hold its shape just fine! It looks like it's suffocating in there, poor thing. The flowers are absolutely gorgeous, though.

Because I can't help myself, I've also taken a tweezer and gently pulled some of the more compacted sphagnum out of the center of the mass, to try to get more air around the inside roots. I know you're not supposed to disturb them, but I figure messing with them a little is better than them smothering to rot!

Oh I like your thinking dannie...I really do! The word "suffocating" is what changed my mind without question to pull the whole thing out and, as is, put in a nice airy clear pot. My pots arrived today, in several sizes too, so I will match the closest one so I don't disturb the roots (as best as I can).

I'll see how long I can hold myself back from pulling some of the sphagnum out, but at least the roots will be able to breath, poor things.

I'll pop back in a week or two with a picture so you can all see if this worked so it can help someone else reading this! Obviously, once all the blooms fall off, I will repot in all bark...just can't stand sphagnum around Orchid roots.

It will make it, it looks otherwise really happy.I got one of these from Costco years ago. I never realized just how long the moss in the center stayed wet! I'd use a spray bottle to heavily mist the outside every 5 days or so until the blooms fall. The middle is going to stay wet for ages.

I read that the reason they're packed like this is so they can be shipped and don't have to be watered for weeks. I just wish they'd be honest and let the consumer know to pull it out of the moss before it's too late! Instead they give us some drivel about ice cubes, in an effort to get people not to overwater their waterlogged orchid. So frustrating.

dannie, I totally agree about the BS they give consumers, and then they wonder why these beautiful plants die so quickly. They sell like hotcakes for Mother's Day, like puppies do around the holidays! :( I'm thinking of putting an ad up on Craigslist in about a week or so asking if anyone finds Orchids in the trash somewhere, to let me know...I will rescue every one of them! lol

Well I got this plant out of that glass container (it was NOT easy)....everything is packed so tight, I can't even get a pinky in there to look around. But it's getting air now in its new clear container, and hopefully it will begin to spread out a little over the next days! Then the tweezers will arrive! hahaha

PS - good idea to mist the outside heavily every few days...I will say the exterior of that mess is bone-dry moss, but I have a feeling it's saturated in the middle!

Exactly! I was astounded at how much moss came out of that plant! Better to just dampen the outside when it needs it and leave the middle alone.