| Ghost orchids are not rare in cultivation. If you want 10,000 I can get them for you. They can be cloned in unlimited quantities.
It is close to hopeless to grow one in an apartment. It is extremely hard to grow them here in Florida in ideal conditions.
Even in the best of conditions when they are growing well they may not flower. They can go years between flowering. That is the nature of the plant not its growing conditions. It does not flower every year like other orchids.
I know two people in Sarasota who each have flowered the orchid, but I never asked how many years they owned them. Both have extremely good sheltered areas near streams.
They do seem to like citrus and have done well when grown on Orange trees.
Also do you realize that the plant is only roots growing around a piece of wood. The plant has chlorophyll in the roots and never develops leaves. It is a fascinating piece of nature, but not much to look at for a lot of years.
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