Welcome to the forum Tina Jacobs!
Your Cymbidium will love the warm days and cool nights. I grow mine outdoors all year here and our weather is fairly similiar. Put them in bright light without hard direct sun and they will do fine. I have temp swings from 100 F (38 C) down to 35F (2 C). Just how cold do you get??
This is a great tip to help you properly water your orchids, regardless of what you have them planted in:
http://www.orchidgeeks.com/forum/orc...f-orchids.html
Also, this is a perfect site for basic orchid culture.
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If you want to get a book there is a sticky thread in the newbie section that has recommendations and comments on why we like a particular book.
But most importantly! Don't let anyone discourage you, bad man, bad bad! We all started out with
that first orchid and had no idea what to do with it. You are off to a great start coming to this forum; don't be shy and ask lots of questions!