Types of orchids suitable for beginners?

[Orchid Whisperer]

This may be contrary to what others may recommend, but I would advise learning to grow the orchids you already have, grow them well and learn to re- bloom them, before branching out to the more exotic types. To me there is no faster way to extinguish interest in orchids than to buy a load of exotic hard-to-grow types before learning "orchid basics" with easier plants first.