| There is no rush to re-pot.
Read the posts and decide if bark, hydroponic or sphag suits your habits. All of the work, they just are used differently.
Bark is watered more frequently and dries faster.
Hydroponic requires a saucer of water below the pot, and absorbs water as needed.
Sphag stays wet a long time and is watered much less as you have learned.
All Orchids in all types of medium need air circulating over the roots as much as water and drainage. Tight packed sphag is common on 4 inch plastic pots grown fast for sale. It will need re-potting. Enjoy the flowers and re-pot when the flowers end. Phals can be re-potted successfully during bloom, but there is no reason to take even the slight risk.
While you are enjoying the flowers you can read the threads ( there are many on Phals, use the search feature on the top of the page) and wander through the gallery to see a wide variety of flowers.
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