I rescued a couple from Death Row at Lowe's a month ago. Both looked pretty iffy, but they were cheap, and I had the supplies already to re-pot them.
Both have survived so far, and one is still blooming despite being re-potted abruptly while in bloom. Sometimes it's worth the gamble. I think the trick is not to fuss over them after you re-pot. They need to dry out and heal up from the rot and disease that is happening when they are mistreated at the store. I quarantine them in low light, away from everybody else for about a month, then bring them into the family if they are perking up. No water at all until I can stick my finger 'way down into the medium and not feel any moisture.
All my orchids live outdoors, except occasionally when one is in bloom I will bring it in to admire. Only when I have the windows open so the temp and humidity in the house is the same as outside and there is no shock for them. My Phals seem to have adjusted pretty well to the summer heat here. They live outside a glass patio door that keeps them a little bit cooler than the rest of the garden, but that's the only special care they get.You are hotter in summer and colder in winter than we are, of course.
