Dear fellow growers,

I notice that many of you refer effortlessly to species/variety/grex/cultivar names when you write. None of my orchids, all purchased where I buy food, have come with more than a genus name (if that). How does one learn more? It would be fun to search for specifics on cultivation which I could do if I knew the names. I've been giving them fanciful names myself in my cultivation log so I know whom I'm talking about, but I would like to develop the botanical side of my hobby as well. The only camera I own is in my laptop (I'm not very technically minded) and I don't know whether I could pull off using it to send photos to be identified. An exhaustive encyclopedia-type ID book would probably be beyond my budget --- What's a neophyte to do? What do you experienced folks do when you don't know what you have?

Thanks for sharing suggestions!

~~~ One Fine Morning