Orchids, orchids and more orchids!

2Hi.
I keep getting so many orchid questions.  I hope this will help.
I love them, I have-- I don't know how many,  but they have always brought me much joy.  In NJ the smallest bud would make my day!  Here in SW Fl.  I am convinced it is the conditions not the love, that brings them back again and again.  Whatever, I look like a rock star orchid grower and that I love!!  Lets start.
1.  Watering- I never water until I put my finger in and the  container is DRY.   Most people OVERWATER.  "I water once a week"- I always hear that.    No watering until the finger says its dry.
Sometimes its 2 weeks.  I have had moss in the container ( which I hate because its so hard to really believe it might not need water) and gone 3 weeks between watering!  Now you can see how a once a week habitual watering can kill a plant- that  never needed watering in the first place.  I cannot stress that enough.
2.  Fertilizer-Up North only during the growth periods and they should rest in Winter as they regroup.  I fertilize with a nitrogen 20% or less - the source is Nitrate Nitrogen or Ammoniacal Nitrogen.
Never when the pot is dry as you will burn the  root system- always when they are moist.
3.  Light- this is tricky up North.  I did give mine direct Winter, interior sun but never, outdoor direct  sun. They need different levels of light but to generalize, direct summer sun is never good.  They love the outdoor humidity that summer brings, even if its behind a tree or bush so much better that being inside.
These are the 3 most important things anyone can do to make themselves an orchid 'mommy.'
They are the quietest of any child you will ever have and bring you so much beauty.  How can you loose?
These are  my top 3 orchid starter guidelines.  You can go quite far on this information.