Thanks for the offer to help. I have had some fantastic advice on the forum. My phal has crown rot and we are hoping for a keiki so i can at least have another one.
Great pictures Amanda! I suppose you have professional equipment, but do you have any suggestions for a good intermediate camera? My camera is on its last legs--old by digital camera standarsd. It doesn't like to work in darker surroundings, and no longer focuses on closeups. I haven't done any research yet, but can you suggest a brand that takes good pictures--including evening and closeups?
Hi Judy! Thank you for the compliments ! I don't have any fancy equipment, I don't even have a tripod! You would crack up at the way I took those pictures with the black background. I draped my black, wool winter coat over a chair in the living room and set the orchids on the floor in front of it. I have a lamp that I keep on my 'chids, a compact florescent marked "daylight", that I can manipulate. When I have my "setup" done I sit on the floor and rest my hand on my knee to prevent blur from shaking. When you can't get a professional camera you get very creative My camera is a FujiFilm FinePix A700. Not fancy and not expensive, my husband won't let me get an expensive one,maybe one day! I think we paid around $150-$200, the prices vary on the internet. The camera I use has 7.3 megapixels and a decent macro setting. I love my camera, but would absolutely over a good SLR camera with a nice variety of lenses! My suggestion would be for you to go to a retail store, perhaps BestBuy and see what they have. I like higher resolution, but this takes up a lot of memory and the pictures are HUGE, so maybe invest in some XD memory cards, if you plan on taking a lot of pictures at a time and can't upload them on your computer right away. Will save you from a BIG headache and a lot of frustrations. Well, that's all I got. Good luck in your hunt for a new camera and make sure you post lots of pictures, when you get it!!
Some more pictures
Found some more pictures on my computer, must have missed these! Anyhow, hope you enjoy them. 
! I don't have any fancy equipment, I don't even have a tripod! You would crack up at the way I took those pictures with the black background. I draped my black, wool winter coat over a chair in the living room and set the orchids on the floor in front of it. I have a lamp that I keep on my 'chids, a compact florescent marked "daylight", that I can manipulate. When I have my "setup" done I sit on the floor and rest my hand on my knee to prevent blur from shaking. When you can't get a professional camera you get very creative 
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