Seeking repotting/up-potting advice

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What would you recommend doing with this rescue Sarcochilus? Never repotted it since picking it up 2 yrs ago and the original grower used inorganic media. More roots are growing now as well as basal growths from the "bare" stem.



One of the main things I've learned here is the importance of maintaining a healthy root system and disturbing roots as little as possible seems to go a long way to preserving them. Would it be OK to just put this in a larger pot and top it off with bark so it covers the bare parts of the exposed roots and provides media for new roots to grow in?

Seeing how plants can grow large over many years (at least for the dendrobium) it appears sometimes one doesn't even repot but just puts the whole thing in a bigger pot and it essentially keeps growing on top of itself and what's below is dead/decomposing. Is this also true of larger Sarcochilus specimens people eventually have even though bark was used for the potting medium?

Thanks for your advice.