Denise,
You know more than I do, so I cannot answer your question. However, I
want to ask another question. At work, do you use the method where
you wrap the roots tightly with moss and then twist them into the
pots? I've heard that is fast and efficient but that the plants need
to be repotted after only a year, rather than two. I'm thinking of
trying it.

I'm glad you asked this question. I have a Phal. lava glow that has
lost it's bottom leaves and now is sitting too high in the pot. It is
one of the thicker-leaved varieties and the roots are having a hard
time reaching the medium. Sounds like it needs a repotting according
to your boss' specifications. :)

--- In Phalaenopsis-orchids@yahoogroups.com, Denise Nash <djnash@...>
wrote:
>
> Hi!
>
> I am wondering about how everyone pots their phals. At home, I try to
> maintain all live roots and leaves. At work, where I repot hundreds if
> not (what seems like) thousands of phals every year, we maintain the
> whiter roots (newer ones), we rip leaves off, cut the bottom off the
> stem of the plant, etc. My boss's contention is that if you don't rip
> some leaves off, you will lose them anyway, and then they will sit too
> high in the pot. Also, the roots need to come out, and it's true, I
> have noticed that with some of the thicker leaved varieties the roots
> can't escape or poke their way through, and end up stunted or coming
out
> of the top as air roots.
>
> Any comments? I am curious on the methods other people use.
>
> ~Denise
>