Hi Undergrounder - thanks for your reply
Just looked up both of those orchids you think it might be and it actually looks like a Den pierardii - the leaves were evenly spaced on the canes. I've had a closer look at it tonight and I can see two tiny new growths on the bottom of one of the stems and I can see a bright green root shooting into the medium so I think its still alive and kicking on!!
The pictures I was looking at on google mostly had this species on its side or upside down because of the long canes. Is thatr what I should do? Previously I had tied them up against the stake with pantyhose??
