Grocery Store Phalaenopsis: Wait to Repot, Manage Light and Humidity

Three discounted grocery Phalaenopsis: buds not open, two in clay pots (one plastic inside), one in large plastic. Leaves healthy. Transplant now?

Wait Until Blooms Finish

Unless distressed, keep in current pots until flowers fade. Clay pots dry faster—water more often.

East window = morning sun, no direct past 10 AM.
Plastic planter box >2" deep? Add 1" pebbles, keep water below pots for humidity.
Drain excess with turkey baster so pots don't sit in water.

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