Orchids for window growing?

[paphioboy]

The first one is a tolumnia/equitant oncidium. You seem to have a good buy there as your plant is a large clump with many fans of leaves. I haven't had much success with tolumnias before, but they can be grown in pots or mounted on wood. They do not like to be exposed to heavy rain. Tolumnias are warm growers and come from South America.

The second one is Maxillaria tenuifolia. Not sure about the culture but most books and sites list it as intermediate/cool. I have had mine for about half a year now and it is growing well, but no flowers yet. Apparently it is a seasonal bloomer and now is the peak blooming season. andy, I grow mine with dendrobiums so it gets a fair bit of light. I heard that catasetum culture is best, so it must be watered heavily when the new growths form and kept dry after the bulb is mature to induce blooming. David, I thought it is supposed to smell like dry coconut, not ammonia..?