Hi Stever and welcome to Orchid Board.
Yes it can be done, one of the problems is that exactly what you need to do can depend on where in the world you are and what your enviroment is like, making it very frustrating when advice you get does not work for you
First of course you need to be able to keep it alive and I'm certain the key to that is watering. Don't overwater BUT don't underwater either. I use clear pots on all my phals and I water when the roots (right down to the bottom) are silver and not before. When I water I dunk it for at least 15min (I try to keep it soaking for under 1hour but sometimes forget them and leave them a bit longer), they then drain thoroughly and go in to an outer pot which holds them off the bottom (so the inner pot is kept away from any futher dripps coming out).
As for getting them to grow so well, I'm not entirly sure what I have done with this one. My others grow well, but this one just amazes me.
The only thing I think is that I have found it's "happy spot". It is currently flowering and I've moved it so I can see the flowers from my chair and now the root/leaf growth has stopped. I don't think that's just because it is putting it's energy in to flowering (this one seems to be able to do all three at once) but because it's no longer in it's "happy spot".
But then other Phals with exactly the same treatment and in the next door "spot" just do average, so I think I'm just lucky with this one.
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