Hi santafeorchid!
If you click on the 'Orchids forum' link just below here..there's a great bit of information in the 'Welcome ' thread..and if you go to the very first page of this thread there are a bunch of links there as well. a few of our members live in similar conditions to you and I'm sure they will chime in with specific helpful tips to get you off on the right foot. We have a few very active threads where you will find what we all have in bloom this month, what we have just bought or interesting greenhouses and orchid shows we may have visited... poke around a bit and come on in!
