Newly repotted phalenopsis - too much water?

[alison42]

Hi,

I had an orchid for my birthday last year - after looking on the internet, I thought it might be a good idea to repot it (some seem to advise doing this every year or two anyway, and gazing through the plastic, some of the roots did seem to be a bit mushy). Anyway, yesterday I did the deed, and my question is:
my orchid is in a new pot, with new medium (bark with volcanic rock) and very quickly there seemed to be condensation on the inside of the pot - is this a bad thing, or is this possibly a good way of seeing when to water it? (I am a predisposed to overwatering plants!)