Orchid Information Page 1	Phalaenopsis Orchid
Orchid Info Page 2    If you're a beginning orchid grower we'd recommend starting with a Phalaenopsis. Our second choice for a plant to start with is a Dendrobium. Both of these orchids generally bloom for about 3 months once or twice a year!

A Little More Info.
There are many kinds of orchids you can choose from to grow. Here's a summary of some main orchid types:

Phalaenopsis - Care is easy, flower spike blooms for about 2-3 months, shade preferred.
Dendrobium - Care can be easy to not so easy, flower spike blooms 2-3 months. Bright light preferred.
Oncidium - Care is easy to intermediate easy, flower spike blooms 2 months, sunny window preferred.
Cattleya - Care is intermediate, flowers bloom 2 weeks, sunny window preferred.
Miltonia - Care is intermediate, flowers bloom about a month, indirect sunlight preferred.
Paphiopedilums - Warm ones - care is easy to intermediate, flowers bloom a couple months, shade preferred. Cool ones - care is intermediate, flowers bloom 2 months, shade preferred.
Vanda - Care is intermediate to hard, flowers bloom about 2 months, sun preferred.

Important tip: When an orchid is done flowering, cut the flower spike about 1" up from the base and it should rebloom again if taken care of well.

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Books we recommend

Orchids Magazine - Great magazine, yearly subscription. This magazine is full of great articles, resources, information, photos and more.
Our Favorite Orchid care book, "Orchids" - Our favorite for the beginner! Very basic.
Taylor's Guide to Orchids - Very good book. Our choice for the beginner with need for an additional book other than Orchids (the book just above).
Orchid Growing for Wimps - Very good book for the beginner and this book is the most basic we recommend. Excellent!
The Orchid: From the Archives of the Royal Horticultural Society - Great resource book. Wow.