Hello! I am new to orchids. I recently reported these into a medium of bark and now this has happened. I will post before and after that is just a week apart. Leaves are still green. Please help!!

THE TOP TWO PHOTOS ARE THE MOST RECENT WITH THE LAST PHOTO SHOWING THE LEAVES OF THE TWO TOGETHER

It's hard to tell from the photos, but I'm wondering if those white dots are insects that are attacking your plant.

You might still be seeing the effects of that incredibly soggy sphagnum moss mess it was planted in. Did you pull the re-potted plant up? Or did it fall out of the pot? I also suspect you potted in dry bark. That's okay if you immediately soak the newly planted orchid in water to hydrate the bark.

The orchid bark is okay but the pot is too big - the pots they came out of were just about the right size. I teach potting seminars for our local orchid society chapter. I always recommend plastic pots for beginners. Clear plastic pots are better yet because you can see what is happening. You can always place the plastic pot inside a decorative pot for display.

Start by hydrating the bark - put what you need in a ziplock bag, fill with water, seal and let the bark soak for awhile. While the bark soaks, gently pull off all the moss and trim any rotten/dead roots. Balance the orchid with one hand at the level you want the plant to sit, then add bark with the other hand. Press the bark down with your fingers as you go. When you can pick up the orchid by its 'ears' - the pot with bark should should not fall off the roots. If it does, start again.

A couple tips: Sterilize you scissors with alcohol before you start. Sprinkle cut roots with cinnamon before you plant.

The "white dots" on the leaves wipe off with a damp cloth.

I pulled the orchid out of the bark, it didn't fall out. When I reported a week ago, I planted them in the bark and then watered them really well. I watered them well and most of the roots are now green. I am hoping this is a good sign. Thanks for the tips!

I always tell beginners when they repot into a ceramic or glazed pot, DONT!!! Use a clay or plastic pot.
I am afraid of something leeching out of the ceramic pot. I advise people to just display their plants that are flowering in a ceramic pot.
After all, are we growing orchids or are we growing pretty ceramic pots?!?!?!
Secondly, I think that the size of the ceramic pot is fine. It is NOT too big. When you use New bark, it takes a little time for it to readily hold moisture like we want it to. The easiest way to get it to do that is to Pre-Moisten the bark. I use an old colander that I would normally use to wash salad or drain pasta. You place the bark in the colander and rinse it a few times with warm water. Rinse, let it sit. Rinse, let's it sit. Maybe three times in twenty minutes. You get rid of the dust in the media and when you water your Phalaenopsis, the media accepts the water and holds it more readily.
Once you repot the plant properly, leave it alone in the pot. Don't pull it up and look at the roots. They will look better after you repot!! It DOES NOT happen overnight. If you repot the plant today it will look better, put out new roots in 6-8 weeks, not DAYS. It may be closer to 10 or 12 weeks but they always perk up!!
In a 5" pot, try watering thoroughly every 5 days. One day for each inch of pot. Water it well enough with Luke warm tap water so the water pours out of the drainage holes of the pot. After 5 or 6 waterings, the bark will hold more water longer and the plant will recover. Trust me.

As always BigBill gives us great advice...dittos on the plastic or clay pots.
I use mostly clay pots myself because they help the plants dry out faster and a good tip I learned early is to FEEL the pot and if it's cool the medium is usually still moist and what you feel is the cooling effect of evaporation of moisture in pot. If the pot is room temperature the medium is probably dry. You have to take other factors into consideration like room temperature and sunlight on the pot but this method has served me well. Also a famous orchid grower in Florida Dr. Martim Motes of Motes Orchids recommends clay pots WITHOUT holes, he says the evaporative effect is more important than the air gained by the holes in clay pots.

I am just bound to have learned something about orchids in 44 years!!

I was gifted with a Pal orchid from a retail store that has a tag that says to add 3 ice cubes once a week. Is this what should be done? For my other 3 Pal orchids, I water with a small spout watering can on top of the bark, careful not to get crown wet.
thanks,
jan

No no no no no no no no no no a thousand times NO!!
Please check our forum thread on Supermarket Phalaenopsis and how to grow them. You'll find it in the Orchids forum.
Depending upon the size of the pot Jan, water it once every five days or so. Post a photo, it will help us to help you. It is a Phalaenopsis orchid probably that like a bright area without any direct sun. 55-85 degrees.
As they are tropical plants, ice cubes are a bad idea. It is like you vacationing in Florida and you swim in the hotel pool full of ice cubes!! Not a good idea.
Welcome to the NGA and all its forums!!

I think jorolan2 knew ice was a bad idea and I'm glad they asked.
We are so conditioned by media (advertising) that it's sort of automatic to believe everything we see published.
Teach your children to be SKEPTICS, and encourage them to ask those annoying questions and be willing to answer them because someone else will if we don't. (getting down from the soapbox now)