Neostylis Lou Sneary 'Bluebird' seems happy so far

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This orchid came in bark, in a terracotta pot (with the drain hole in the bottom chipped to a much larger size, interestingly)

When I got it home and dumped out the bark, I found the plant firmly gripping onto the pot itself with its roots-- but most of the roots looked pretty nasty and brown!

I just set the empty pot down in a saucer of shallow water, and poked at it a little every few days to check the roots. Eventually they let go of the pot, and I was able to trim the worst roots and transfer the plant to S/H.

A month later, here's pic #2. All the store blooms have dropped off, but the growing tips on the active roots have doubled in size, and the roots appear to be almost entirely green!

Now if I could just find some better pots like this clear one...