Phal in 8" pot?

[Optimist]

I'd never cut healthy roots. Some phals are very big plants. People kind of think of orchids as being "small house plants," but many are the size of trees. Not phals of course (except Gigantia).

[snowflake311]

Root rot that's why you don't over pot. For me phals are prone to root rot might be the cold winters here. I had a phal with crazy long roots. I potted it in an 8 inch pot thinking it would be happy since it fit and had room to grown. The pot was Clay I useda bark Moss mix. Well now that phal a year later lost all its long healthy roots.

I should have mounted the plant it would have done better.

When you have extra space in the pot it stays wet longer keeping the whole root area wet. When it's a big pot I had a hard time telling just how wet the middle was staying. Every plant I have rotted has been due to pots that are too big or a plant that was in sphagnum Moss too long.

I will never over pot again. I hurts too many in big pots. There is a link to root rot and big pots.