My orchid has a lot of roots. Is it suppose to be that way?

I know that there are some orchids that are suppose to be root bound, but I don't know if this one is suppose to be that way. I just got it a couple of weeks ago.

My orchid has a lot of roots. Is it suppose to be that way?
what kind of orchid is it? without knowing the plants it's difficult to say how you should treat it....get the name

orchids do need to be root bound-usually you keep the same pot size for quite a few years before getting a bigger size depending on the kind-i'm guessing you have a Phalaenopsis-it has a couple of pairs of horizontal strap-like leaves that are oblong and the roots are very thick and green/silvery. with those you only go up to a 6 inch pot max-as it grows new leaves and roots the lower part dies so every 6 months or so you can take it out of the pot and cut off all the dead (black, hollow or mushy) roots and dead stem and then you simply put the newer roots in the same pot with new sphagnum moss. you can check now if you want and just trim off anything that looks dead and put the rest back in the pot.

if it is a kind that has swollen bases (pseudobulbs) you wait until there are so many pseudobulbs that they are coming out of the pot before separating them keeping at least 3 pseudobulbs per plant.
Reply:separte some of them and plant them in another planter