Another couple of points - do you know WHAT orchid it is, or at least type?? There are literally thousands of species, and each has its own requirements!!

If it is a standard 'houseplant' type one, I've kept several different ones for many years and they all flower regularly. The keys for me seem to be:

A) they need to be pot-bound, so only re-pot when really desperate - oh and when you do DON'T break off the apparently 'dead' stem bases/ bulbs -they hold the food for this years growth.

B) you can pot most in chopped up bracken - loads cheaper than commercial potting composts

C) they thrive on aggresive neglect. I chuck all of mine out in the garden for the summer, tucked in behind a bush or similar. No special watering/pampering - in fact they need a complete rest. Bring them in just before first frosts and off they should go again.

D) biggest killer can be over-pampering. Most ''domestic'' orchids are epiphytes - in the wild they grow on trees, and even those that don't (like Cymbidium) have a very low nutrient requirement. Over feeding, or using too rich a compost is a grade a way of killing them slowly.

Yes, each orchid needs a mycorrhizal fungus (each species a different one, too), but an adult plant will carry its own supply in root nodules, so don't worry about this when re-potting. Its only an issue when trying to get seeds to germinate!!

Good Luck

LCG