Rescue Phal showing progress

[Dusty Ol' Man]

I have acquired a couple noid phals recently. I have been wanting to repot them with new media, but when I took a close look at one, there is a keiki and what appears to be a new spike emerging. My question is if I should just wait or go ahead and give it some fresh medium?
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[Roberta]

I'd recommend repotting now. Phals don't have any particular "seasonality"... they can even be repotted in full bloom with no problem. You want to give new roots the best possible chance, to have a long-term healthy plant, and fresh medium is what is needed. No reason to delay, a lot of good reasons to proceed.

[Dusty Ol' Man]

Taking your advice along with that from another thread, I have repotted both of my phals. Glad I did, because I found both to be rootbound around a nasty clump of very wet sphagnum surrounded by what looked like african violet mix! The roots were not rotting, but they had turned white. I cut away what dead and blackened roots I could and repotted them in bark. Here is what I found and what I ended up with. I need to go get some new pots.
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[Roberta]

It looks like you got it right! Those white roots look very good. (They will tend to turn green when they are wet, then go back to white). That stuff in the middle was probably something like ProMix - a peat based mix that is used to start seedlings - which was never cleaned out. Well done!

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[Dusty Ol' Man]

Actually, the white roots look like albino roots rather than dry orchid roots. The medium was very wet and so were the roots. I cleaned them up as much as possible and sprayed them off before putting them in fresh bark, which I had soaked in a little fertilized rain water. I won't give them any water for a few days to let things dry out a bit. They are in the house in a west facing window..(I know..but it's all I have)..and I'm keeping an eye on them for sunburn. They had gotten a little on the patio so I put them under the picnic table where they recovered nicely.
Thanks for your help and advice.
Lou

[Roberta]

Not sure what happened to your additional photos... when I edited my post they disappeared. So please post them again! Sorry!

[Dusty Ol' Man]

No apologies needed. I can still see them. Thanks again.

[Dusty Ol' Man]

Due to inside work on the house i decided everyone was going back on the deck for a few days. Temps are up into the tolerable zone. Decided to give the rescue phal some water when I discovered what appears to be a second spike!

[Dusty Ol' Man]

A little update on the progress. Both of the rescues are doing very well. When the weather turned cold, (nights below 50°f) everyone went into the garage under the shop lights. They had gotten rained on the night before so everyone got a good drenching. I have a portable a/c with a heat pump so I can somewhat regulate the temps. Everyone looks happy. The previously mentioned phal is growing rapidly for an orchid, with the keiki almost two inches and two leaves. The spike is now 6 inches and showing buds forming. The second spike has not grown.

The other rescue has a new spike forming.

[WaterWitchin]

They're looking quite happy! Good rescue Ol' Man!