Is this Oncidium Sharry Baby?

[Island Girl]

Wonderful! Is it maybe lava rock instead of charcoal? Just curious... I ordered mine from Hausermans this past late winter/early spring, and it was potted in small, black lava rock w/ shredded spag... Seemed to be the perfect balance for it! Yep, I'd say a slightly bigger pot is needed as well... The next growth you get, should be as big (maybe larger) than the largest PBulb on the plant lol, they aren't small! (I think WhiteRabbit has hers in a 10 inch pot, and if I recall correctly (?) I think she was about to repot, cuz it was outgrowing that!) so a 4" will do well for this guy, in my opinion ...until next year

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[RandomGemini]

It was in a mix of lava rock and some kind of black rock that looked like huge chunks of activated carbon so I'm assuming that's charcoal.

I'm repotting it today, because one of the bulbs had a yellow-orange mushy spot on it, that I'm pretty sure was some kind of rot. So, I cut that and everything that felt even remotely mushy. After losing a hardware store orchid to rot that I thought I had prevented, and reading from another OB member that she made the mistake of not cutting enough as a newbie when attempting to save these orchids, I cut roots to the point where I felt that I'd cut more than I should. I figured this was probably closer to what it actually needed and it still had a good fist full of roots left when I was done.

It's air drying now, so we'll see if I can keep it alive. Poor baby.