This is the link which provides basic information about Orchid culture and answers most of your initial questions about Orchid keeping. Click on All about orchids and select from the drop-down menu
http://www.aos.org/Default.asp...
And if you have an un-named hybrid and you want to see if it is registered or you wish to check the parentage of a hybrid go here:
http://apps.rhs.org.uk/horticu...
nice excerpt about doing grex searches
http://davesgarden.com/communi...
Looking up species, habitats, temperature details etc
http://www.Orchidspecies.com
Eric Hunt's site:
http://www.orchidphotos.org/l
http://www.orchidmall.com/
http://www.orchidwire.com/
http://www.orchid-talk.co.uk/c...
http://www.delfinadearaujo.com...
Wild orchids in Japan
http://www.ne.jp/asahi/calypso...
Pleurothallid Alliance:
http://pleurothallids.com
http://www.firstrays.com/
Whitlow on Blue Cattleya breeding (1992):
http://www.c-we.com/blue.cattl...
Peruvian Orchid Club:
http://www.peruorchids.com
SlipperOrchids.info:
http://www.slipperorchids.info
Phalaenopsis (esp. photos of species and primary hybrids):
http://www.phals.net/index_e.h...
Some free orchid species culture sheets by Charles and Margaret Baker:
http://www.orchidculture.com/C...
Photos of orchids (and other things) from Colombia:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/q...
PhytoTechLab, including flask medium for sale:
http://www.phytotechlab.com
Great Portuguese site
http://translate.google.com/tr...
A good site to look up Orchid diseases
http://www.staugorchidsociety....
