The love of Orchids has somehow grown on me over the years and now I have a small collection. It is a joy to watch the stem emerge where soon the blooms will appear. The first couple I bought, in flower, have never flowered again but I carefully feed and water them and live in hope. Others have flowered time and time again... it's a mystery to me but I do enjoy them.
I have heard them called "alien" "creepy" "prehistoric" I'll go for the fact that they may be an acquired taste.