Pot size after cutting dead roots?

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It's not annoying to ask questions... but you may have noticed you get many different answers with different recommendations. It can quickly become very confusing. I handle situations like this by picking the clearest and simplest advice I'm offered.

Once you have more experience growing plants, and seeing how they react to things you do, you will understand why different people recommend different things. Each of these recommendations works well for the person who wrote it.

However, we all have different growing conditions and each of us has a tendency to make mistakes in the same way each time. Some people always overwater their plants; others always underwater. Some people only prevent being murdered by their spouse by spending the whole day with the plants, and others by spending as little time as possible. The best potting situation for the plant comes down to your conditions and how often you can look at your plants.

[bil]

Originally Posted by DesignerofBeauty

bil, it seems like it's a tough balance between letting the roots have sufficient room vs assuring that there isn't root rot (which could happen with a more spacious terra cotta pot).

I don't trust myself with moss. I do think that the medium I have is course - most pieces are between 1-1.5 inches. Here's a link to the bark I already purchased: Orchid bark - Album on Imgur

This is the most suitable terra cotta pot (that has drainage) I've found so far. https://shop.greenbarnorchid.com/pro...productId=1439

Yep. In an ideal world, you would have winter pots and summer pots. However, that simply isn't possible. I have stuck all my orchids, except the large Phals, the Paphs and phrags onto mounts. The small phals are on mounts, and I have to say, the impression I get is that mounts are best. They have some moss to retain a bit of water, and they look so much ore natural. OK, they do need watering more often, but the very method of making them go longer between waterings in the summer makes them more vulnnerable to rot in the winter.
I have 100 odd mounts, and it takes me about 45 minutes to water them.

In your case I think you are wise to shun moss in pots, hell, I don't trust myself with it.
As was posted above, you will kill some orchids. The only way to avoid that is not to keep them at all.