Hello from the Philippines

[Waspdog]

Hi Everybody,
British but retired and loving life in the Philippines. I am currently developing an interest in cultivating orchids. My lovely wife keeps buying them in the market and once they stop flowering she buys more. Feeling sorry for the dead, dying and discarded I thought that I would try to do more for their welfare. Searching for information and literature in English has been confounded by most being about how to grow in temperate climates. It doesn’t snow here!
I have something of a botanical background and I quickly realised that to provide the best care you need to identify the little blighters, not easy I have realised. Most are Dendrobiums (Dendrobia?) and Vandas, but with some other weirdos.
My current task is propagating Dendrobiums and producing a photo catalogue. However, most are not in flower and get a number.
So begins the journey.