Coelogyne repotting and roots questions

[Orchidreamer]

I recently got a coelogyne mooreana and I noticed that even though the surface of the pot has new-ish bark, deeper down, the bark is pretty old. I noticed spiders, cobweb-like mold, and strange critters moving around.

It has two new growths that haven't formed bulbs yet; one growth doesn't have any roots while another has short roots that have stopped growing. It looks like the roots stopped growing once they touched the bark. So I repotted it.

Its roots seem to be thin and not as numerous as, say, oncidiums. There weren't too many dead roots; several roots reached the bottom of the pot. Are coelogyne roots naturally sparse?

Also, only after repotting did I read about how coelogynes hate being disturbed. Uh oh...is that really true? At least, true for coelogyne mooreana? What are your experiences with this species?

[keithrs]

I just repotted my Coel. mooreana. It too was potted in old bark and overgrow the pot. It had a good root mass. Made it hard to remove the bark. It's still sulking from the repotting also.... growing very slow! I have heard that it can take up to two-three yrs. to recover?!?!? I put mine in a big basket so I won't repot for a while.