Yeah, that looks like a new root. Always a good sign.
Re repotting. It's no biggie, as you will grasp after you do the first one. Get all the gear together, so it is to hand.
Get the orchid out of the pot as carefully as possible, try not to break roots, but don't have hysterics if you do.
Carefully shake and wriggle the roots to open up the cramped root ball, and get as much of the old medium out as poss. There are some cases where the roots are so compacted, you risk doing too much damage. In that case put the orchid in the pot up against the side, with the orchid leaning towards the other side. (they all have a bit of a lean on.) Then fill the pot with bark, shake it gently to firm it down a bit, and Robert's you father's brother.
If you can open up the root ball, then simply do as above, but carefully try and work bits of bark into the spaces between the roots. Don't worry if you can't fill them all. shake the pot gently to settle the bark.
Leave it for a day or two for any broken roots to heal, then start watering. I water twice a week, and the other days they get a
misting. Again, some people say you mustn't wet the crown. Me, I fill the crown with water. I've been doing it for over a year now, and have not lost one of them from crown rot.
I would recomment a REALLY low level of fertiliser. Ray's K Lite is good, I water at about 1 - 1.5g in 5 litres, every watering. Since I started this routine, the roots have grown very well indeed.
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