potting a trichoglottis

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I bought my trichoglottis mounted and found I couldn't keep up with its moisture demands. Also with the odd way it was mounted, it was starting to rip itself off its mount, so I decided to put it into a wooden basket. I went to a local orchid nursery and they instructed me on what I needed to repot the orchid.

The orchid is now in a wooden basket lined with coconut husk with a mix of fir bark and NZ sphagum around the base. I'm a bit nervous about its roots surrounded by so much moss and the possibility of the roots rotting. I'm planning on soaking the basket once a week as it takes about a full week to dry out with daily misting

Any second opinions? Thanks!

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Small update. Today is watering day. I dug a bit into the medium and noticed its still slightly damp after 1 week. So I've thinned out the medium removing a lot of the sphagum and leaving all the fir bark. *crossing fingers*

[articuno75]

Do you have a picture by chance?

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Here is the plant. You can see how it was mounted from the odd growing direction:
http://www.dashida.com/upload/temp/trich_basket1.jpg

The roots that were previously wrapped around the mount are now in the medium. Closeup of the medium after I removed a lot of the moss.
http://www.dashida.com/upload/temp/trich_basket2.jpg

[articuno75]

A couple of the roots look like they are starting to blacken a bit. You might want to treat with some Hydrogen Peroxide or Physan to fight off potential infection.