Ross - I wouldn't normally do dendros or large floofy orchids either (although I guess you would call phals floofy, wouldn't you?) But one of the few times I attended an orchid society meeting in Florida, I won the dendrobium. And, of course, I couldn't give it to someone else or throw it away, so I keep carrying the top heavy, gangly thing around. I AM glad it's putting out a new leaf stalk, maybe it will bloom again. I read your blog and looked at your tank pictures. Holy COW! that seems like entirely tooooo much work in my book, but they sure don't take up much room which is a good thing. I want whatever orchids I grow to survive in either normal house temps or outside temps wherever that might be. Carrying an aquariam around does not appeal to me at all. Sometimes we don't have electrical hookups, so running the fans and lights would be an impossible task. Guess I'll stick to the big "floofy" ones.
Nita