Recommend me a low maintenance house plant...

[Surlydave]

Orchids absorb light and heat through their roots which is why they should be in clear plastic pots with good drainage, bearing in mind they are actually parasites and grow on trees, they absorb the nutrients they need whilst protecting themselves in the shade away from the full sun. As pretty as yours looks, the flowers are sprayed so when they die the new flowers will most likely be white, personally I wouldn't buy them.

A small correction, as any orchid grower will tell you they are NOT parasites, they are epiphytes. They attach themselves to trees purely to aid pollination and derive no nutrients from the host plant as a parasite would, such as mistletoe.

 

[Fnaar]

Miss Goodbody sees to the vicars orchids on a weekly basis.