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Hey guys,

Well, I was originally only going to get 1, but could help myself and ended up getting 2! They look great, I picked them up from Lowes believe it or not, haha! The colors are amazing, I will have to get some pictures when I have some time. Anyway here are my questions:

1. Should I re-pot them? Then Are in clear containers right now inside of ceramic pots. The larger one seems to be in a bark mixture and the 2nd one is in a sphagum moss mixture. The are both flowering right now. So, not sure if this is the time to re-pot them. I picked up some extra sphagum moss and a special Phalaenopsis mixture made by Better-Gro it has raw fir bark, hardwood charcoal, chunky peat moss and coarse perlite in the mixture, is this stuff any good? Should I use it?

2. Did I get ripped off here? One was $15 and the other lager one was $23. The smaller one is about 12" tall with 8 or so flowers and the larger one is about 16" tall and with about 6 flowers. What is a fair price for these guys anyways?

3. Watering, in terms of watering they were both pretty dry when I got them home, so I watered them with some a mixture of distilled water (2/3) and tap water (1/3), my tap water here is very hard. I am going to get some bamboo skewers tomorrow and use that trick that i read in a sticky, but any other tips?

4. Lighting, I have a t5 fixture coming, just ordered it today (48" 4 bulb high output fixture), it should be here monday! So, until then, what should I do for lighting? I live in south east Michigan so it's about 65-75 during the day outside, should I leave them outside during the day and bring them in at night? Or will they be fine until monday when the lights come?

5. Any other tips for the 2 new Phals I have would be great!

Thanks again,

Nick