Phalaenopsis roots - mostly

[annie1931]

1. I have had this one for three years, it is sending up its fourth bloom spike. It has big fat healthy roots growing straight up, it has fat and not so fat roots growing down into the humidifying water at the base of the pot creating a rather snake-pit sight. To repot, I would have to cut off most of those roots. As the plant seems to be happily sending up spikes, I would rather just leave things as they are. I have read another member's very useful post about roots, but am still having problems with the set up in here and how one responds to a particular post..

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