Media and spike care on a mini Phal?

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Thanks nenella. It looks so cute next to the big phals!

The roots do look very healthy. A few are poking through the bottom - also healthy. That's not really why I wanted to re-pot though.

As a new orchid, I am not sure how long it has been in its mix. Re-potting would put it into a fresh mix. In the meantime, I could get a closer look at the root system too.

I wouldn't say the bark looks particularly degraded. I have recently got three new orchids and was planning to put the others into the fresh bark mix too when the flowering has finished. I wanted to do this in time for the summer growth phase.

Do you think I am interfering with them too much and should wait until next summer? That is an option. This orchid is one of three new acquisitions I have received and was planning to do a re-pot of the three when the blooms fade. One of the other orchids had some rotten roots dangling through the bottom. However, it still has an extensive root system inside the pot and the rest still look very healthy. I assumed the pot was stood in water at some point. It spooked me a bit so I wanted to check them all out.

What do others usually do?