I'm not very knowledgeable about the symbiotic fungi that associate with the orchids and help with their growth.
But, I would assume that there are probably various types specific to a variety of areas and climates.
It is possible that they could be transported to other locations with different conditions. Because of the orchids being able to reproduce here, there is little doubt that the mycorrhizal type fungi do exist here, and are ubiquitous.

We may find out if the fungi can be transplanted.
I "re-homed" 3 of my storm disrupted weed Vandas with a forum member on the mainland.
Part of his interest in them was the possibility of gaining the mycorrhizal fungi in their roots.

My guess is that you would not need to masticate and spread the roots around.
I would think that the fungi would simply propagate out of the roots of the transplanted plant if they found satisfactory conditions.

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After over 30 years in Alaska, and growing orchids in my living room for 10 of those years:
http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p...psaea34d9f.jpg
I'm now like a kid with a new toy.
I can hardly believe it is so easy to grow them as it is here.

This photo is of the South and Southwest windows of my living room back in Alaska. There was also a Northwest window just like the one on the right. It is about 10am and the sun has just come up. The pots on the the floor on the left are a Phaius, an Arundina [Bamboo Orchid] and a tomato plant brought in just before the first killing frost.
Phaius' and Arundinas are now my major weed orchids.

Here's my method...

First I harvest the pods just before they split. This can be tricky but eventually you get pretty good at eyeballing pods that are ripe enough to harvest. For example, sometimes they'll start turning yellow.

I place the pods in an open tupperware container in my garage. The goal is to allow them to ripen all the way without them molding. So each day I try and move them around a bit.

Once the pod is sufficiently ripe... I'll scrape the seeds out into another tupperware where I store the seeds. I keep this tupperware closed.

Every once in a while, when I have enough seeds, I'll sow around 20% of them. The point of sowing some, rather than all, of them is because conditions at a later date might be more suitable for the seeds to germinate. Many orchids themselves do the same thing because their pods ripen/open at different times. Plus, a pod doesn't release all its seeds at once. In other words... some orchids are especially careful to hedge their bets.

Before I sow the seeds... I soak them first for a couple of days. I think it's more effective to disseminate wet seeds. With dry seeds... if there's the slightest breeze then most of them will fly off and end up on the ground. But it's definitely not a walk in the park to disseminate wet seeds.

I really haven't found a great technique for sowing the seeds. Usually I try and carefully pour the seed "soup" onto branches. If the branch isn't very thick... or it's too vertical... then too much of the seed soup just drips off of the branch. Last time I tried using an eye dropper... but it was too small. It took forever and it kept clogging. Next time I'd like to try using a horse syringe.

Here's one technique that was shared in this thread...

This thread is fascinating and the flowers are absolutely gorgeous! Love their long 'horns'.

What a great place to live and experiment.

So, did any of the seeds take root?

I assume you are referring to the Den. Samurai antelope hybrid.
They are established in 4 locations around our lot.
They have produced probably about a dozen seed pods total between them, only a few have yet to ripen.
It will probably be at least a couple of years before I begin to see signs of them propagating.
Maybe even longer because they'll be well camouflaged until they gain some size and can be seen from the ground.
Looking for the ones I've mounted, the ones that were already seeded in, and then the ones that are starting from the ones I've brought in, is like a very difficult Easter Egg Hunt.
I may find a few.
But, I don't think I'll find them all.