Orchids grow on trees and tree limbs. We pot them because it is easier to care for them this way. the orchid doesn't care. It doesn't need any larger a pot than that which enables us to care for it. Too large a pot and the water stays in the pot and makes the perfect environment for disease. Fungus love moist environments. So the logic is to pot them in as small a pot into which we can fit those roots. Just pot for those roots that are now inside the pot with just a little bit more room and don't be concerned with those two long roots.
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