Phalaenopsis potting vs. mounting question

[Paschendale]

Sorry if this was addressed in the Phal Abuse Stops Here thread...I'm still making my way through this at the present time, but I have a question.

I have a miniature Phalaenopsis amabilis that I have repotted in the past couple of months (it had bloomed twice since I'd gotten it and I was afraid the potting media might be getting exhausted) and it has since not done so well. Granted, it is winter and it may just be dormant, but I uprooted it last week and the roots were in pretty sad shape. I pulled it from the pot it was in, trimmed the rotted roots off and repotted it temporarily in a small basket with bark only, in hopes that it won't get too waterlogged. Now, having gone around the world to tell you that, here's the question: can a Phal be successfully mounted on bark or hung in a vanda basket-type arrangement, rather than grown in a pot? My space is limited in my home and care must be given that plants are grown where the cats can't get at them. I had thought it would be nice to hang it in a basket and just take it down to water in the sink periodically and possibly it might be happier that way.

What say you all? I'd really rather not lose this plant; I realize it'll probably happen eventually to one or another of the orchids but I want to prolong the time before it happens.

Thanks in advance!