Lucy, nice blooms on your Yaphon Image!
I had to look it up, it is pretty Hybrid
https://apps.rhs.org.uk/hortic...
Alex, if you feel confident growing Phals, nothing wrong with trying your hand on a species. But - as comparison- a species Orchid grows in a specific location, having specific conditions. For that reason Hybrids are usually easier to handle.
When I try a new Orchid species, I try to find its natural conditions first. Orchidspecies.com is a great website telling you where it originated. I have gone as far as adding the daily weather report from that region to my location line up!
When is rainy season, temperatures etc.
