Planning on moving a Phal into S/H

[andrew__]

I have a Phal I got free from work because it was out of bloom (three flowers at the end of the first spike and a second 6-8" long, now 12"). I've just found mealybugs and am going ahead full tilt with treatment including removing all the moss the plant had been planted in before.



Turns out it didn't have as many healthy roots as it had looked but it does have a few of good length. Will these be able to adapt to S/H culture or are they better removed? There are some 6/7 +/- new roots about 1" long (tops) with strong growth that I'm hoping are not too far developed that they won't be able to adapt to s/h.

I'm going to my local hydroponics store for the first time in a few minutes and will be getting either leca or hydroton (most likely based on their website) or similar depending on what they have and will look at containers as well or may go with something a little more home-made.

I guess the next thing is whether I leave the developing spike or cut it off.

And lastly how deep should the plant be in the medium?

And does anyone have a link to a good basic "setting up your first orchid in S/H culture" guide they can link to? would be greatly helpful in filling in a few gaps I have from the reading I've already done.

Thanks.