moss or bark for phal?

[Lady Tottington]

Hi friends... well... confession, I recently got over my heartbreak of killing one phal, and in doing so, I bought two more like I have heard many wise people suggesting here

Anyway, one is totally jam-packed-tight in moss, and aside from it's green happy roots, I'm thinking that if they tried to pack any more moss in that little plastic pot, it would explode. Anyway, lucky for me, the other other phal is in bark and looks quite decent and content to stay there. Now here is my question... I know all the hoopla about waiting to repot until after it has finished blooming, but really, that could be a little while, and I'd really like to do so now because of I worry about how tight that moss is around those roots? Should I be? Or should I just live and let live, then repot as soon as blooming is over?

Also, I have seen SEVERAL phals come from growers in moss, should I replant in moss, or get it established in bark with the rest of my chids?

If I do repot now, please please please give me advise how NOT to kill this. My last one suffered a miserable death where it had great leaves atop, but I guess I was slowly killing it's root system. In hindsight, I had it over potted (which is my m.o.) so it's likely that the medium never dried fully, and poof, it began rotting away from the inside.

I have killed my share of phals (at least two) through crown rot, and I promise I have mended my ways from that (*crossing fingers*), BUT, the problem here is that now I feel I may cross over to the other side where I underwater my phals, just because I'm so worried about root rot!

please set me straight, it would do very horrible things for my heart if I kill another phal, when I know people who can't seem to kill theirs when they try to!

I do have one phal that was a keiki from the mother plant that I did kill. Anyway, this pretty one that I seem to not be killing right now, I admit that I am almost afraid to even look at it the wrong way or sideways for fear that it will punish me and die on me just because it can.

Please friends, help a sista out here. I promise not to over pot, I have skewers in my pots, so I will try not to overwater. What are your thoughts on the one crammed in the tiny pot with so much moss that the thing is nearly going to burst?

hugs!