new to orchid board - need help

[mxnmomma]

I have always loved gardening and especaillly plants in the house. Now that I live in Mexico I have year round flowers in the yard. One of these plants is an orchid - surprise, surprise - the leaves look live a palm and that is what I thought it was until it started blooming in October. I have just harvested the seed pod and have a small bag of fine powder - what do I do now? I would love to start another plant to share with a friend but have no idea how. I did plant some orchid seeds about a year ago and the plant is healthy but I have no idea how to handle the fine powder from the plant that is blooming now.

Can anyone recommend a good orchid book - likely for varieties that grow wild in Mexico??