BLC "Sweet Treat" (BLC "Pokai Tangerine" x Cattleya "Chocolate Drop")

We got this orchid that we normally call tangerine from someone at Steven's work. It was growing in a 4" wooden basket with just a tiny bit of medium in there and pretty much all of it's roots were outside the basket. We eventually decided to repot it into something that would fit its roots. We soaked the whole plant, basket and all, for a while, maybe even overnight, to loosen the roots. We scraped off all the roots and pulled it out of the basket (It was pretty thoroughly manhandled). We planted it then in a 6" wooden basket with standard bark mix. It seemed to respond just fine to the repotting, making roots and all. It of course started making all of its new roots outside the basket!! It must just have a thing for that, which doesn't seem to bother the plant any, but we find annoying. We water it only when it dries out and fertilize it weekly. It hasn't really been growing the way our other plants have though, and we aren't really sure why. We thought it might be because most of the roots are outside the medium so they are getting less fertilizer. I started spraying the roots outside the basket with fertilizer water most days when I spray my vandas. It has a small new growth nub, but it is moving at the pace of a turtle- way slower than all the other plants it seems like. I guess we will just keep going with the fertilizer spray and see what happens. I really want it to grow and flower so we can see what it looks like!