This is a quick and easy guide that covers everything you need to know to grow fabulous Phalaenopsis orchids. The authors, Beth Cox and Geraldine Powell, are the owners of The Orchid Gallery, an orchid nursery and ecommerce business located just outside Chattanooga, TN. Together they have more than fifty years experience in the orchid business. Now they have decided to pass their knowledge along in a series of non-technical, how-to-grow it articles. This is the first in that series.