Anybody????

General rule of thumb: don't pot up more than an inch. So, that means you should go up to a 4" and 6" pot, respectively. Phals like to be a bit pot-bound to bloom. Once in a new pot, the plant will spend its time growing roots to get snug before it reblooms. Obviously, this will take longer if the pot is larger. For my larger Phals, I don't pot up any more. I pull them out of their 6" or 8" pots, dump their old bark, trim dead roots, and put them back into the same pots.

Typically you repot when they are actively growing leaves and roots, between blooms. However, Phals are pretty hardy, and if you feel they need it, you can repot it any time.

See below. The plant on the right used to be in the same size pot as the one on the left (2"). I moved it to the net pot (3") with a small bark/coco husk/charcoal mix you see now. Once the buds on the orchid on the left bloom and fade, I will move it into the same pot and media as the one on the left. Hope this is the info you're looking for.

danie317 thanks for responding. So it's ok for the roots to be in the air? I know orchids grow wild but the mini has roots sticking out all over the place. I thought when repotting all roots should be tucked into the bark and not be visible/sticking out. Thank you!

Air roots are totally fine. I like when things are neat and tidy, so they drive me a little crazy ... but I've learned to just let the air roots do their thing. When I repot, I let the entire bare root orchid sit in a bowl of water for a good long while (15-45 minutes). It softens the roots, so when I put it back in, I can sometimes get a few of the air roots back in the pot (and then it subsequently grows more air roots, blargh). You'll see when you take it out: it looks like there's NO WAY the root mass is going to fit back into a similar sized pot. But it does: you just have to wrap all the roots back up onto themselves.

The minis tend to be easier: I cup my hand, and with my other hand, hold the orchid's roots against my cupped palm, and gently turn the plant around ... sort of like when you spin a forkful of spaghetti against a spoon. This gets all the roots gathered together in a compact clump. Then I pop the clump into the empty pot, and gently tap in handfuls of bark until I can't get any more bark into the pot.

dannie317 based on reading your recommendations I'm wondering if I should report them at all. Below are pictures of the 3" and 5" plants in their current pots. What do you think?

3 Inch:

5 Inch:

danielle317 Thank you! I'll spray the roots of the 3" as you suggested and leave them for now. Thanks again!