Pearls & perils of online orchid shopping

[Ravi]

Does one need to repot an online purchase?
Appears sensible to take the plant out of the medium received
To chk the root health
State of the medium in which recd
If every thing appears good put the plant status quo
Even the plant has a good spike and foliage it doesn’t guarantee viability unless roots too are also in sync.
Perils
The plant said to suffer shock due to transit
It’s not a smart thing to repot a flowering orchid in a new medium as the plant has divested all its energy in evolving the spike.
The choices are tough
But in the larger interest of the plant not a bad idea to look see what’s happening to the interior