What are good orchids for beginners?

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Originally Posted by estación seca

Figure out whether you tend to overwater other house plants or underwater them. Be sure you get orchids more suited to your habits. Cloud forest epiphytes, Vandas and mounted orchids are not for people who forget to water. Cattleyas and Phalaenopsis are not for people who overwater.

Good stuff. Even among those, there aren't any that stand out as being particularly more hardy than others?

I thought I had read in some culture sheets somewhere that Catts should totally dry between waterings, but Phals should never quite completely dry. But then they are epiphytic, and they do seem to do really well mounted. (which I'd really dying to do, BTW).