Yes, I hope you'll show us the pictures of the leaves of your plants, so we can help ID them.
Let me say that the wonderful info from Bill and Joshua has been most enlightening, anyway. Awesome dissertations, guys!
I do have some Cymbidiums and they do bloom, but not dependably. Must be varieties of the Chinese Cyms that Bill mentioned.
Then again, I'm in Florida and we don't always get chilly days in winter, but we do always get "too hot" days and a lot of them in summer. So not ideal here for any Cyms either. I put them on the north side of the house in the coolest shady spot to "chill" for a few weeks in winter, and it seems to work. They live in the dappled shade of my big oak trees through the summer. It's usually 7 to 10deg. cooler than the ambient temp there and they seem to survive this treatment.
Originally from the Pacific Northwest (ideal Cymbidium conditions for the most part) but lived for 20yr. in Salt Lake City, too. Very similar climate to Boise, so I'd say for sure you cannot put your orchids outside in the summertime there. Much to dry and way too hot!
Here's one of my Cyms in bloom. The leaves look just like daylily leaves - long and strap-like, maybe an inch wide at most and 18in to 2ft long.
