To repot or not?

[Rema]

My aunt got me this beautiful yellow phal NoID, (I'm a sucker for the yellow ones... plus it has a faint sweet smell that is just lovely) that had all this medusa-like aerial roots, I mean LOTS of weird looking roots. The day after I got it home I decided to water it and cut some of the most ugly roots that were sticking out of the pot. I chose the dead-looking ones, the ones that were broken and the ones that looked brown/black. I'd say I cut about 50% of the roots that were aerial/sticking out of the pot.
It appears this phal resented me pretty bad. It dropped about 5 buds the following day, leaving only the two youngest ones.
Now it is just kind of sulking and I'm afraid to repot it and kill it.
Any expert advise would be most welcome.

[orchidea]

I am not a great Phal grower. I can grow just about anything but Phals....
They are supposed to be the easy orchids to grow....
The reason your Phal is doing so-so is not clear here. It could be the change of the environment, cutting of the roots or overwatering.
I have learned that re-potting Phals while they are blooming almost always leads to their decline. Many members here on this forum think otherwise, I know...but that's what happened to me many times.
I would leave it if you want to keep the remaining blooms. If you are willing to cut the spike (it helps the plant to concentrate on it's health not the flowers), then I would repot.
Most importantly I would check how much water retained in the medium. You can use the bamboo skewers (check the posts here on skewer method) to check the moisture inside the pot, or you can simply take out the plant to see what is inside. They really don't mind if you take them out and put them back at all. If there are many bad roots there, I would cut the spike and repot....

[syndywindy]

I personally have never had a problem repotting when a plant was in bloom. That being said, it could be a combination of things. The change of location, cutting the roots, or maybe the blooms were spent and they fell because it was their time to fall. Phals produce aerial roots and some produce a lot of them. I tend to leave them be, thats what they do in their natural enviornment so I leave them. If I repot, if it's easy to get an aerial root or two into the medium I will. But otherwise I leave them alone. How are the roots under the medium? Are you able to see the roots in the medium? It almost looks like its a bit dry and the aerial roots look a bit desiccated. Maybe a good soaking would help if it is really dry.

[Rema]

Thank you for your replies! As far as I can see the roots inside the pot are doing ok, they look green and thick and alive, much different from the aerial roots, which is why I cut some of them. I try to mist these outside roots a few times a week and give the whole plant a good watering once a week or whenever the inside roots start to look dry. I did repot 3 other phals while in bloom and they looked even better, held all the blooms and started a new leaf each, that is why I was so worried about this phal's response to my cutting some of it's aerial root. Well, I guess I can wait until the last two blooms are finished and try to repot it.
Thanks again!