DaisyI said:I think your Phal's look good, considering what they've been through. (I owe you a nickel). A few minutes in the sun to take a good photo will not hurt them any. I rescued a few from a friend who left them in her trunk in January before bringing them to me - that was after the two months of overwatering.
Phalaenopsis need a temperature drop at night of at least 10 degrees in the fall/winter to encourage blooms. For me, that's a window sill against the glass and a room with the heat turned off.
These plants must be extremely tough to be surviving all this stuff! I mean, most summer annuals wouldn't survive what they're surviving. I had a phal I purchased last winter, behind a door to the deck. (On the inside of the house of course) The door is used a lot, so I'm surprised that the phal bloomed as long as it did - February-July. It is the only other phal I have, and the only one I didn't show on here. Maybe it bloomed so long because the temperature dropped 10 degrees whenever I opened the door 
All this orchid talk sure makes me want to buy another...
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