What are Phalaenopsis growth habits?

[phalaephila]

I have a young plant of Phal. (syn. Dtps.) Dyah Redita (Dor. pulcherrima x Phal. Grand Condé) which is growing the same way as your plant. I searched for a long time to find the perfect way to pot up this plant, and last spring I found it at an orchid show in Santa Barbara, CA. A vendor was offering these tree fern pots which can be sitting or hanging. I didn't want to remove the lower leaves, but I wanted the new roots to find a hold somehow.

This orchid has really taken to this pot, the roots are growing down and into the pot (not just into the medium). I don't know if it is a good thing or not, but there will be no repotting this puppy. Actually, it works for me as the plant is half potted, half mounted; some of my other phals are growing the same way in clay pots with roots in and all around the pots. I look forward to Dyah Redita climbing all over the pot.

Jeanne