| I'm with Clara, the logic of this is odd. The orchid (like any plant) needs light to produce energy and the stress of repotting requires energy so witholding light before repotting is a bit like siphoning off half your gas before starting a long road trip. I suppose "take them out of the light" could mean different things. It could mean take them out of bright light. But then again you wouldn't have phals in bright light to begin with so.....
To add to what Clara said, when I repot I put the plants right back where they were before repotting. I don't change anything else at that time thus reducing the number of different stressors I put on the orchid.
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