Help about repotting: I think I made a mistake

[BillieG]

I repotted my Sharry Baby, Zygo, Paphs, Beallaria, and Angrm. Sequipidale in Rays S/H pots with Prime Agra. I read that Phals don't really like this method, so I got the bright idea to repot my Phals and Cattleyas in Hydroton in Oxygen Core Dual pots. Seems like they look dry, and since there is not any reservoir of water, I feel like I have to water them every other day. Good Grief, this feels like a lot of watering, and I am afraid I am killing them.

Th reason I repotted all of them is because I over watered and killed some plants in the first place. So then I dehydrated my poor Vanda to death. My new Vanda is in a vase and I was soaking for 30 min every day. I reread the Vanda lady's post and realized she soaked once a week, so I am trying to wait longer between waterings, but all this is making me anxious.

Yesterday I went to my Naturopathics office, and he had 6 orchids there all in bloom, and said he had 4 more blooming at home. They were in bark and plastic pots set in ceramic pots and the top roots looked dried out. He said he waters once a week, never mists, never feeds and uses tap water that sits for 1 week before using! He said he has had them, and a couple of dozen others, for years and that orchids are the easiest plants. We live in Oklahoma, so these little guys sit in various windowsills. I don't understand how he manages blooms with this method of no feeding. I have always fed weakly/weekly.

I love my orchids and worry I potted the ones in Hydroton and Oxygen Core Dual pots wrong. Heck, right now I worry I am doing everything wrong! Any advice?