So I'm new to orchids. My collection currently consists of 12 phals from Trader Joe's. I've been choosing phals because I think they're pretty, and I've read they have the longest bloom time in general.
Trader Joe's orchids I've been choosing because I can pick out a flashy in-bloom plant in person for under ten dollars.
I also just ordered two from First Rays, my first non-phals, simply because I liked them and they are affordable and epiphytes: Amesiella monticola and Epidendrum centropetalum.
However, I just read a mention on this board that Dendrobium antennatum can flower almost year round, and that got me wondering. What other orchids are showy and bloom for a long time?