I got my first orchid back in 1992, and tried to grow cats and phals at various times thru the years, with a smattering of paphs and phrags. Most recently I got interested in the slippers again, when i realized the majority of the 20 or so plants that I have managed to keep alive are paphs and phrags.
I grow under lights in my basement during the winter, and move my plants out side in the summer. I seriously need to repot and start to fertilize a little more regularly, as i have only a couple maudiae types that are setting up bloom spikes this year.
My recent interests seems to run to complex paphs, and the windowsill phrags, with long petals and besseae influence for color.
Unfortunately, or fortunately, I have also recently discovered e bay auctions, and manages to acquire over 20 new paphs in bud before the cold set in, and now am anxiously awaiting seeing them begin to bloom. ( half of them came from unclem2, who had a special of 10 maudiae types in bud for 75$! (he sells for orchids of los osos) which was quite the deal!....nothing like instant gratification!!!)