THESE are the orchids I recieved for Christmas. They only had little tags in the dirt that said DENDRODIUM,Baby Pink ...the one on the left......and DENDRODIUM, Hollywood, the one on the right,...... the little one in the back, that smells like chocolate, (it had no tag.), I am told, is ONCIDIUM,Sharry Baby.

Ok, you definitely have yourself two Phalaenopsis type dendrobiums (which means that they derive from Dendrobium phalaenopsis hybridizing. The species name here means "the dendrobium with flowers like that of a phalaenopsis"). They're care is very straight forward: allow them to dry down between watering and give them a boat load of light. I remember in one of your posts you said you have very little natural light and are resigned to having a light cart. Under those situations you might find it difficult to grow this plant as it gets big-as you can see-and needs a lot more light than light carts can provide. There are other plants that would be much better suited to that kind of environments. Some are:

Phalaenopsis
Paphiopedilum hybrids (especially the maudiae types)
Oncidiums and their intergeneric hybrids (look for Howeara Mini Lava Burst, easy as pie to grow)
Haraella retrocalla

And a whole host of other species and hybrids. a couple websites for you:

www.orchids.com- I'm loathed to recommend them, their service is horrible. however, the website has a nifty search engine that breaks down plants by what kind of culture they need and bloom season. Click on any of the catalog selections in the middle of the welcome screen to bring up the search engine for that kind of plant.

www.andysorchids.com-the best in the business, hands down. they are species centric, no hybrids, but they also have a very good search engine, better than orchids.com, that breaks down to culture, ease of growing, plant size (whether you want a miniature orchid or not), etc...

For both these searches, input what your growing conditions are and they will generate a list of plants suitable for your growing environment.

Very nice, smittee. I like the pale pink and white one.

Oncidium Sharry Baby is a vigorous plant and easy to grow. You will like it. Fragrance is lovely.